In 'Unabridged', Stefan Fatsis discusses the past — and future — of the dictionary

Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, "Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) The Modern Dictionary." ...

‘Unabridged’ Review: In Defense of the Dictionary

A critic faulted Webster’s Third in the 1960s for its “extreme tolerance of crude neologisms.” Similar complaints abound in ...

‘Rizz,’ ‘dad bod’ and ‘ghost kitchen’ — Merriam-Webster adds 5,000 new words to new dictionary

The 12th edition of the Merriam-Webster “Collegiate” dictionary, which will be released on Nov. 18, introduces 5,000 new ...
New Statesman

October 7th changed the West forever

The OED’s task – to define every English word – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago. By Pippa Bailey and Emma Haslett The New Statesman’s Pippa Bailey has long had a professional as well as a ...
NPR

Hip-Hop Dictionary

Audio will be available later today. Host Tavis Smiley speaks with Alonzo Westbrook, author of Hip-Hoptionary: The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology, about the influence that hip hop music and culture ...