Weboword: visual vocabulary

Weboword is a blog in which words are explained visually (with cartoons), reinforced by follow-up practice (e.g. crosswords). You can also subscribe to their daily dose of visual vocab.

My opinion/0.2 cents:

It’s a good idea although some of the cartoons aren’t clear enough or don’t convey the exact meaning (too vague). I would include a link to pronunciation sites such as Forvo rather than just the textual transcription (if a drawing helps to understand the meaning of a given word, a sound file does also help to better understand how a word should be pronounced). Plus: Limited or non-existent ways to look up words, i.e. where’s the Search box? no categories or tags (semantic families)? no alphabetic search?

Users can contribute with their own definitions and/or scribbles (you can also use online tools such as Imagination Cubed or SUMO Paint).

PS1: Mmmm…What about an initiative such as the global social dictionary, mixed up with this Weboword approach to visual vocabularies…but with a social + integrative interface such as SUMO’s?

[via @felipemorales]

PS2: I picked up the following word, dedicated to a dear friend of mine who just had an “incident/accident” hopping down a flight of stairs…

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