Possibly a bit more meaningful than the million dollar home page, The Big Word Project is redefining words in the English language. The new definitions? Sites who buy the words. Over 291,000 words from the Oxford English Dictionary.
I know this kind of thing has to be taken with a grain of salt, but they just showed up in WIRED magazine this month and are getting a lot of buzz. And I just couldn’t let some of my words be owned by someone else. Which is probably why this type of thing works so darned well.
Below are some words I bought for $1 per letter. As of this post, most of the words are still available. You can find words yet to be snapped up by clicking on the “Inactive” link on any page.
Behind the Big Word Project
As usual, this great idea was born out of student poverty. Two grad students from University of Ulster, Belfast, Paddy Donnelly and Lee Monroe dreamed up this dictionary-style site.
They have sold 2300 words so far. They’ll sell a helluva lot more once they hit critical mass (critical buzz). Consider it a donation for higher education. Or advertising. Either way its a tax write off.
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Im not too sure they will sell that much more, competitors are cropping up and think that they have already hit critcal buzz. I prefer http://www.projectword.co.uk so thats me lost as a customer already. I dont think they offer as many words and the design isnt as good in the big word project.
I love the concept though, hands down to them for thinking that one up.