Almost Blue: Fashion, culture and nightlife - that's what Blue Lounge is all about. It's a brand-new Montreal Web zine with a fairly highbrow editorial and design direction that's refreshingly accessible - like that savvy but slightly snobby older cousin who really likes you, but knows you must get rid of that corduroy Brooks sweatshirt and orange-label Levis. The whole package is gorgeous and understated, like the lovely editeuse-in-chief at its helm, ready to dispense self-confidence and savoir-faire. Get a touch of class at www.blueloungemag.com.

Lingo jingo: If you have an extraordinary partiality to language, you spend a disproportionate share of your time looking for the right word. But what if that word doesn't exist? You make it up. The Word Spy tracks new words and phrases as they appear in publications. This isn't slang, it's semantic Darwinism. Keep up with the Times (and the Post) at www.wordspy.com. :

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