The Franklin USB Dictionary and Thesaurus is a 256MB thumb drive with Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and the Franklin Thesaurus on board. So, if you ever find yourself without an online connection, out ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Her conversation still is full of words like “awesome” and “unbelievable” and “sooooo cool” and “over the moon.” She would probably describe taking out the garbage as fun, so relentless ...

As bookmarks go, the Franklin Page Mark Dictionary is a genius, but it’s not going to win any spelling bees. The Page Mark ($50) is a clip-on bookmark with a pivoting display screen, a touchpad ...

A new speaking electronic version of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary from Franklin, which can actually pronounce all of the 200,000 words in its database. The SCD-1870 also has an optional PC ...

“The Drinkers Dictionary,” published by Franklin in January 1737, features terms like ‘nimptopsical’ and ‘cherubimical’ as synonyms for ‘drunk.’ Here’s an abridged list of terms from “The Drinkers ...

We're always seeing these souped-up dictionary things getting spec bumped in Japan: a color screen here, MP3 playback there, maybe some PMP functionality and a death-ray feature thrown in for kicks.