It’s fun to imagine a professional namer sitting in a room full of obscure dictionaries, out-of-print thesauruses, and dusty tomes full of Greek Mythology or esoteric industry jargon. While sites like Wikipedia and Thesaurus.com are fast and free, physical books sometimes have advantages in terms of authority, organization of information, and detail. (Not to mention the lack of blue light.) Beyond your standard dictionary and thesaurus, the books below may prove useful.
Dictionaries
• Flip Dictionary by Barbara Ann Kipfer
• The Describer’s Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations by David Grambs and Ellen Levine
• The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary by Merriam-Webster
Other Books for Naming Research ...
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