Word by word : the secret life of dictionaries
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New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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First Vintage Books edition.
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300 pages : 21 cm
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
413.028 STAMPE 2018
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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Book
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First Vintage Books edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.
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“We 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 do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage. Filled with fun factsfor example, the first documented usage of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchilland Stampers own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became Americas foremost “irregardless” apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.

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Stamper, K. (2018). Word by word: the secret life of dictionaries (First Vintage Books edition.). Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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Stamper, Kory. 2018. Word By Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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Stamper, Kory. Word By Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

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Stamper, Kory. Word By Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries First Vintage Books edition., Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

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