Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

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Word by Word: The Secret Life of DictionariesWe think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we dont want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets. With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to

It’s a small city

to creep into our souls

ISBN-13: 978-0765387479

reminisces about his star-studded career and love life

and the unsung marvels of the world around them

But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life

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in search of a better life for her family

Time magazine

reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf

middle schooler Jamie Grimm is ready for the national comedy semi-finals

are once again on the rise