TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simpson, John
TI  - The word detective: A life in words from serendipity to selfie / John Simpson
SN  - 978-0-349-14100-8
AV  - PE 64 S56 2016 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - abacus
KW  - AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
KW  - OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
KW  -  SIMPSON, J. A., 1953-
KW  - LEXICOGRAPHES GRANDE-BRETAGNE BIOGRAPHIES
KW  -  LEXICOGRAPHERS GREAT BRITAIN BIOGRAPHY
KW  -  LEXICOGRAPHERS
KW  -  GREAT BRITAIN
KW  -  ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEXICOGRAPHY
KW  - BIOGRAPHIES
N1  - Includes index; Introduction: the background to the case
Serendipity, perhaps
Lexicography 101
Marshallers of words
The longest way round
Uneasy skanking
Shark-infested waters
OED redux
The tunnel and the vision
Gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk
At the top of the crazy tree
Shenanigans online
Flavour of the month
Becoming the past
N2  - In The Word Detective, an intensely personal memoir and a joyful celebration of English, Simpson weaves a story of how words come into being (and sometimes disappear), how cultures shape the language we use, and how we cope when words fail us. Throughout, he enlivens his narrative with lively excavations and investigations of individual words -- from deadline to online and back to 101 (yes, it's a word) -- all the while reminding us that the seemingly mundane words (can you name the four different meanings of ma?) are often the most interesting ones. A brilliant expedition through the world of words, The Word Detective will delight, inspire, and educate any lover of language

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