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 A digital archive of over 600 word investigations produced between 2007 and 2011. Through language, performance, and online publishing, the project preserves a moment when individual creators began shaping new forms of knowledge-sharing on the emerging internet.



A


  • ABRACADABRA
  • ABYSMAL
  • ACCENT
  • ACCUBATION 
  • ACRONYM
  • AGELAST
  • AGENT PROVOCATEUR
  • AGERASIA
  • AIBOHPHOBIA
  • AIN'T
  • AK-47
  • ALBEIT
  • ALIMONY
  • ALLEY-OOP
  • AMOR
  • AMAZON
  • AMERICA
  • AMNESIA
  • AMPERSAND
  • ANIMATION
  • ANIMAL MAGNETISM
  • ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIALISM 
  • ANTROPOMORPHIC
  • APRON
  • APHRODISIAC
  • APOLOGIZE
  • APPRECIATE
  • ARTICHOKE
  • ATM
  • ASS
  • ASSASSIN
  • ASYLUM
  • AUTOTONSORIALIST 
  • AVATAR
  • AVOCADO
  • AWESOME


B

  • BACHELOR
  • BADMINTON
  • BALLS TO THE WALL
  • BAR
  • BARBARIAN
  • BARBECUE
  • BARGAIN
  • BEAR AND BULL MARKET
  • BEAT AROUND THE BUSH
  • BECK AND CALL
  • BEDLAM
  • BEER
  • BIG KAHUNA
  • BILLION
  • BIMBO
  • BIRDS AND BEES
  • BISEXTILE
  • BISTRO
  • BITCH SLAP
  • BLACKMAIL
  • BLITZ
  • BLOOPER
  • BLOOD TYPE O
  • BLUETOOTH
  • BLURP
  • BLUNDERBUSS
  • BONUS
  • BOOBS
  • BOOBQUAKE
  • BOOGER
  • BOOTY CALL
  • BRAND NEW
  • BREAK A LEG
  • BROWNIE
  • BUDGET
  • BULLY
  • BURRITO
  • BUTTERFLY
  • BUXOM
  • BYTE

 

C 

      

  • CACOLOGY
  • CABBAGE
  • CAESAR SALAD
  • CAESAREAN SECTION
  • CALENDAR
  • CALORIE
  • CANDIDATE
  • CANTANKEROUS 
  • CAPRICIOUS 
  • CAR
  • CARDINALS
  • CASANOVA
  • CASH
  • CASINO
  • CHINCHILLA
  • CHRISTMAS
  • CLEAVAGE
  • CLICHE
  • COCA-COLA
  • COCKAMAMIE
  • COCKPIT
  • COCONUT
  • CODSWALLOP
  • COOL
  • COLLAR
  • COLOGNE
  • COLONEL
  • CONTUMELIOUS
  • CONUNDRUM
  • COOKIE
  • COP
  • COSPLAY
  • COSMETICS
  • COULS CARE LESS
  • COULD CARE LESS
  • COULROPHOBIA 
  • CRACKER
  • CUP OF JOE
  • CURFEW
  • CUTE
  • CUMMINGTONITE
  • CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT


D 


  • DEGREE
  • DEFENESTRATE
  • DEPILATION
  • DEJA VU
  • DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN 
  • DICK
  • DIVA
  • DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
  • DOMAIN
  • DONKEY PUNCH
  • DOPE
  • DOUBLE ENTENDRE
  • DOUCHBAG
  • DRESSED TO THE NINES
  • DRINK THE KOOL-AID
  • DUCK TAPE
  • DUH
  • DUNCE


E


  • EAVESDROPE
  • EASTER
  • ACCUBATION
  • EGREGIOUS
  • EGG BENEDICT
  • ELEVEN AND TWELVE
  • ELOPE
  • EQUESTRIAN 
  • ESPIONAGE
  • EVIL
  • EUPHEMISM
  • EYE CANDY


F


  • FAGGOT
  • FAN
  • FATHER
  • FANTASTIC
  • FASCINATE
  • FECKLESS
  • FEISTY
  • FEMALE
  • FETISH
  • FIASCO
  • FILIBUSTER
  • FIRST CLASS
  • FLABBERGASTED
  • FLAMMABLE
  • FLIGHT OR FIGHT
  • FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
  • FOILED
  • FOLKLORE
  • FOOTBALL
  • FORK
  • FORTE
  • FORTNITE
  • FREE
  • FRENCH FRIES
  • FRENCH KISSING
  • FOR THE WIN 
  • FUCK
  • FUMBLE


 

G 


  • GAFFE
  • GARGOYLE
  • GEEK
  • GENIE
  • GIRAFFE
  • GIRD YOUR LOINS
  • GLAMOROUS
  • GOING DUTCH
  • GOLF
  • GOOD-BYE
  • GOOGLE
  • GOSSIP
  • GOOSEBUMPS
  • GRADUATE
  • GRANDFATHER CLOCK
  • GRAMMY'S
  • GYMNASIUM
  • GUN
  • GUY


H


  • HACKER
  • HAIL MARY PASS
  • HAIR OF THE DOG
  • HALLOWEEN
  • HANDKERCHIEF
  • HANDSOME
  • HANDICAPPED
  • HANG A RIGHT 
  • HANGOVER
  • HAPPY AS A CLAM
  • HARA-KIRI
  • HARLEQUIN
  • HAT TRICK
  • HAVE AN INKLING
  • HEAD SHRINKING
  • HEAD OVER HEELS
  • HELLO
  • HEROIN
  • HICCUPS
  • HOBNOB
  • HOMO ( PREFIX )
  • HONEYMOON
  • HOOKER
  • HOOLIGAN
  • HOON
  • HORNY
  • HOT
  • HOT DOG
  • HULA HOOP
  • HYPOCRITE

   

I


  • ILLEISM
  • INCUBI
  • INCEPTION
  • INFLAMMABLE
  • IN A NUTSHELL
  • INKLING
  • IRONY
  • IRREGARDLESS


J


  • JACK-O-LANTERN
  • JACUZZI
  • JAYWALKING
  • JEANS
  • JERRY-RIGGED
  • JESUS CHRIST
  • JOB
  • JOSHING
  • JUMP
  • JUDO



K



  • KANGAROO
  • KANGAROO COURT
  • KARAOKE
  • KARATE
  • KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
  • KENTUCKY DERBY
  • KIDNAP



L



  • LACONIC
  • LAKERS
  • LAME DUCK
  • LAME
  • LEECH
  • LEFT WING AND RIGHT WING
  • LESBIAN
  • LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG
  • LETTER W
  • LIBROCUBICULARIST
  • LIEUTENANT
  • LIFE OF RILEY
  • LIMEY
  • LO AND BEHOLD
  • LOCK
  • LOLLIPOP
  • LOO
  • LOON
  • LOS ANGELES
  • LOREM IPSUM
  • LOUCHE
  • LOVE 



M



  • MACADAMIA NUT
  • MACHINIMA
  • MAHI-MAHI
  • MAGIC
  • MAIL ORDER BRIDE
  • MARMALADE
  • MARTINI
  • MASTURBATION
  • MATRIX
  • MATCHMAKER
  • MAUDLIN
  • MAVERICK
  • MAYDAY
  • MEH
  • METROSEXUAL
  • MIND YOUR Ps AND Qs
  • MINT
  • MISCHIEF
  • MOB
  • MODEL
  • MOLOTOV COCKTAIL
  • MONEY
  • MONDEGREEN
  • MORTGAGE
  • MR AND MRS
  • MUMS THE WORD
  • MUMMY
  • MUSCLE
  • MUSIC
  • MUG
  • MUTT
  • MYTH


N 

 


  • NAKED
  • NERD
  • NEXUS
  • NEWBIE
  • NICE
  • NICKNAME
  • NIGHTMARE
  • NIMROD
  • NINCOMPOOP
  • NONCHALANT
  • NORMAL
  • NOT TOO SHABBY
  • NUCLEAR
  • NUNCHUCK


O


  • OLEAGINOUS
  • OKAY
  • ONOMATOPOEIA
  • ORIGAMI
  • ORGASM
  • OSCAR
  • OXYMORON
  • OUCH



P

 


  • PAJAMAS
  • PALINDROME
  • PAMPERED
  • PANTIES
  • PANTIES IN A BUNCH
  • PAPARAZZI
  • PARA
  • PEANUT GALLERY
  • PEDIGREE
  • PEEKABOO WAVE
  • PEEPING TOM
  • PENCIL
  • PENITENTIARY
  • PENNY AND DIME
  • PENTHOUSE
  • PERK
  • PERUSE
  • PET PEEVE
  • PEW
  • PHILOLOGY
  • PHISHING
  • PHONEY
  • PHOENIX
  • PHREAKING
  • PICNIC
  • PIG TAILS
  • PIGGY BACK
  • PINK AND PINKY
  • PINATA
  • PISTACHIO
  • PITHY
  • PLACEBO
  • PLAGIARISM
  • PLASTIC SURGERY
  • PLATONIC
  • PMS
  • PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPESILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
  • POINDEXTER
  • POLKA DOTS
  • POLTERGEIST
  • PONZI SCHEME 
  • PORK BARREL SPENDING
  • PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM
  • PORCUPINE
  • POT
  • PORN
  • POOP DECK
  • POUND
  • PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
  • PROFANITY
  • PROMISCUOUS
  • PULCHRITUDINOUS
  • PULL A BONER
  • PUPIL
  • PURPLE
  • PUSILLANIMOUS


Q


  • QUARTERBACK
  • QUARANTINE
  • QUINTESSENTIAL


R

 

          

  • RACOON
  • RAIN CHECK
  • RAINING CATS AND DOGS
  • RASPBERRY
  • RELIGIOUS
  • REM SLEEP
  • REPAIR
  • RETARDED
  • RESOLUTION
  • RESUME
  • RICK ROLL
  • RIP
  • ROBOT
  • ROGER THAT
  • ROMANTIC
  • RULE OF THUMB



S



  • SABOTAGE
  • SAINT VALENTINE'S
  • SALARY
  • SALMONELLA
  • SANDWICH
  • SARCASM
  • SAY UNCLE
  • SCRUMTRILESCENT 
  • SEED
  • SECRETARY
  • SERGEANT
  • SERENDIPITY
  • SESQUIPEDALIAN 
  • SEVERAL
  • SEXTING
  • SEXY 
  • SHABBY
  • SHOPPING
  • SIN
  • SILENT K
  • SIREN
  • SISYPHEAN 
  • SKANKY
  • SKINNY DIPPING
  • SKUNK
  • SLEEPING IN A BUFF
  • SLOGAN
  • SMART ALEC
  • SNAFU
  • SNIGLET
  • SNIPER
  • SNORKLE
  • SOAP OPERA
  • SOCCER
  • SOS
  • SPAM
  • SPEED
  • SPELLING BEE
  • SPILL THE BEANS
  • SPHINX
  • SPITTING IMAGE
  • SPOON
  • SPOONERISM
  • SPRING FEVER
  • STATE OF THE ART
  • STEELERS
  • STRAWBERRY
  • STIR
  • STUPID
  • SILHOUTTE
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • SUCCESS
  • SUCCUBI
  • SUFFIX -OVA
  • SUNDAE
  • SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS 
  • SWINE FLU



T


  • TABLOID
  • THANKSGIVING
  • TANTALIZE
  • TAXI
  • TELEPHONE
  • TERMINAL
  • TESTICLES
  • TESTAMENT
  • THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
  • TIP
  • TISSUE
  • TITILLATE
  • TOMATO
  • TOUCHDOWN
  • TRICK OR TREAT
  • TULIP
  • TURKEY
  • TWITTER
  • TYPES OF BLOOD
  • TYCOON



U


  • UKULELE
  • UMBRELLA
  • UNDERSTAND


V


 

  • VACATION
  • VAMPIRE
  • VANILLA
  • VET
  • VETTING PROCESS
  • VODKA
  • VUVUZELLA



W



  • WATCH
  • WEDDING
  • WET BEHIND THE EARS
  • WEREWOLF
  • WHISKY
  • WHITE ELEPHANT
  • WINDOW
  • WIKIPEDIA
  • WOP



Z



  • ZIP CODE
  • ZIPPER
  • ZOMBIE
  • ZOOLOGY

                 

                    

                                         



                                       

                      

                                                             

                           


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