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Today’s a good day if you’re looking for new and unusual ways to express yourself. Answers.com is proud to announce we’ve got three new highly idiosyncratic dictionaries for your logophilic pleasure.

• Hinglish. This way of speaking is making its way across India and England. If you ever wondered if you should have a glassy with your machi-chips, or if there is a chor at the chowk, or you simply want to be pukka, this is the dictionary for you. See the complete Hinglish Dictionary.
• Neologisms. Brand-new words, hot off the Internet in many cases. This is not your grandfather’s OED. Check it.
• Rhyming Slang. This is one of the weirdest ever – and bawdy, to boot. A classic example of rhyming slang is using the phrase “trouble and strife” to mean “wife.” But this collection is updated and, frankly, hilarious. Start rhyming.
• And the last, but not the least (though the healthiest), the Nutrition Encyclopedia – how to know if you’re addicted to exercise, if your diet is a fad, or if you’ve got a bezoar.

And, on whole other note (ahem) we are also pleased to announce the publication of biographies of contemporary musicians and bands (1980s through 2010). From Abba to ZZ Top, through Madonna and Michael Jackson and thousands of other lesser-known entertainers, even one-hit wonders, these are truly endearing homages.

We aim to answer. Happy reading.

There’s a whole new way to get answers on Answers.com… Watch them!

TechCrunch reports:

Exclusive: Answers.com Gets 200,000 Video Answers From 5Min

Every big publisher on the Web wants to be able to serve up ad-friendly videos, but creating them can be a pain. But there are already plenty of high-quality videos out there in every subject imaginable. With that in mind, Answers.com has quietly launched Video Answers with about 200,000 videos from video distribution network 5min on everything from home repair and fashion tips to cars and travel.

Answers.com Videos consists of up to 200,000 videos in over 200 categories. The videos come to Answers.com from 5min Media, which has syndicated videos on the site for over a year – you’ve probably seen them in ReferenceAnswers topic pages, embedded between other content sources.

This new video library, directly accessible at http://video.answers.com, includes tips, how-to guides and visual demonstrations from experts across hundreds of fields. Categories include the likes of Product Reviews, Green Living, Travel Tips, and Diet & Nutrition.

We’re pretty sure Answers.com CEO Bob Rosenschein speaks on behalf of the entire content team when he says: “Our mission is to offer answers about anything, accessible on a range of platforms and formats. 5min Media provides us the opportunity to offer answers in video form in addition to our community-generated and reference content. Now Answers.com delivers the answers best displayed with instructional visuals – like how to create ringtones for your iPhone or how to make the perfect steak.”

Start watching!

New from the world of mobile answers: Answers.com’s Mobile version (for iPhone, Android and others) has rolled out with several community-related features.

Check out the highlights:

• Sign in: You can now sign in on the mobile site with your Answers.com account (or your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yahoo! or Google accounts).



• Featured Questions: Yet another shortcut to a list of questions that need answering, directly from the home page.



• Top Contributors: Are you the top contributor for the month of July? Keep track on the go, now that you can access the Top Contributors listings in one click from the home page.



• My Watchlist and Contributions: Skim Q&As on your watchlist to find your next victim, I mean, question to answer. Review your (or others’) contributions easily from My Pages on the home page.



• My Settings: Adjust your password, account IDs, watchlist, time zone, and more from the settings page.

Let’s be honest – screenshots and descriptions don’t tell the whole story… You just have to try it! Type ‘answers.com’ in your  iPhone or Android browser and see for yourself.

We recently announced that the Answers.com Help Center was media-enriched with how-to videos for several site actions. As of today, Supervisors on Answers.com can review the how-to’s of several ‘super powers’ with slideshares created by Ganderton (or Gregg), the Mentoring Program Coordinator.

The presentations are all available on Answers.com’s Slidespace (Slideshare account), or Supervisors can review them directly from the Help Center pages by clicking the Slideshare thumbnails:

• Batch Recategorize (non Supervisors can view it here)
• Merging questions (non Supervisors can view it here)
• Splitting alternates (non Supervisors can view it here)

Check out an example right here: Merging questions on Answers.com (tip: increase the slideshare to ‘full screen’ to see the text clearly).

Interested in creating a how-to slideshare to help other community members? Get a t-shirt for it! It only requires a basic knowledge of PowerPoint and of course, the help topic you want to cover. Leave a comment below.

Here’s a new way to get more mileage out of your contributions on Answers.com: Show off your latest answers in your email signature with WiseStamp.

WiseStamp is about making your email signatures into dynamic representations of you and your work. Every time you email friends, family or colleagues, you can showcase your latest answer, most recent contribution, favorite category – any kind of dynamic information that is available through RSS! In addition, you can add your social profiles, links and images to further customize your email.

As a category expert, you spend valuable time answering questions; broadcast your Answers.com contributions and profile every time you email a client, colleague or potential customer. The signatures can be as professional or as fun as you prefer:

WiseStamp is an add-on for Firefox, Chrome, and Flock browsers as well as Thunderbird and the following webmail clients: Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, Hotmail, and Google Apps.  WiseStamp makes it simple to add its feature to your email tools so you can get started designing multiple signatures for the different kinds of emails you send.

Once you have the add-on installed, you are given all kinds of options for what you want to share in your signature. For the Answers.com-specific content, all it takes is an RSS feed (and there are lots more to choose from). You can also use an Answers.com badge or show off your profile with a clickable Answers.com icon.

Learn more about how to set it up with the step-by-step directions.

“We are very pleased to partner with Answers.com and provide the Answers.com community with WiseStamp’s effective solution,” says Josh Avnery, WiseStamp’s CEO. “Answers.com users are true knowledge lovers and WiseStamp gives them a new exciting and efficient way to share their passion. Answers.com users can now bring their interests, questions and answers into their daily email interactions in a simple and functional way.”

Got any questions about using WiseStamp? Check out the FAQ.

It’s one thing to read a help document on a website. It’s another thing to watch it… which is what you can now do on several help topics in the Answers.com Help Center.

Watch quick, easy-to-follow videos on the following topics:

• Flag a Q&A for improvement
• Using the Share button
• Add related links to Q&As
• Using alternate wordings
• Edit categories (recategorize)

The videos appear as clickable images to the right of the step-by-step guidelines. Click the images and the video will pop up in viewing size right on Answers.com. You can also browse the full collection and other videos from Answers.com directly on the YouTube channel.

Here’s a quick taste – How to share a Q&A on Answers.com.

By the way, several Supervisor help pages will also be getting visual aides in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

Answers.com got busy in the last few days and we hope you Like why. The Facebook Like button has been added to the Answers.com homepage and answered questions!

Now when you browse through answers on Answers.com, you can instantly ‘Like’ an answer and share it with your friends directly on Facebook.

In fact, you can even see which of your friends already Liked an answer on Answers.com:

You can ‘Like’ Answers.com as a whole by clicking the button right under the ‘Follow us’ section to the left on the homepage:

Of course, the Facebook ‘Like’ feature was added to this blog last week, so feel free to ‘Like’ – and even show some comment love – on any post, past or present. Check it out at the bottom of this post.