Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, ...
The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...
In “Unabridged,” Stefan Fatsis explores how words become enshrined in the dictionary and whether the book maker can keep up with the evolution of language.
What is history? According to my American Heritage dictionary (Yes, I still prefer a dictionary rather than Google), history ...
A critic faulted Webster’s Third in the 1960s for its “extreme tolerance of crude neologisms.” Similar complaints abound in ...