TECH: Easy way to build you conlang vocab

Many reccomend you build your conlang's vocabulary a bit at a
time. Well, I've found one easy way to do this:

Word of the Day mailing lists.

Every day, a selection of words appearn right in my inbox. More
importantly, their MEANINGS appear.

I scan that day's crop. Sometimes, I decide that certain concepts
don't exist in a language and make note of such. Sometimes it gives me
a new meaning to add to an existing word. And sometimes, it inspires a
GROUP of words centered on the same concept.

This resource has helped me infinitely, and seems to help my
naturalistic conlangs develope an organic feel.
--
Daniel 'Delirious' Sauve
http://deleriousraven.livejournal.com/
http://thedobd.blogdot.org/
http://www.topica.com/lists/thedobd/
"While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of
the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about
death?"
-- Confucius

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