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100 1 $aSimpson, J. A.,$d1953-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe word detective :$bsearching for the meaning of it all at the Oxford English Dictionary : a memoir /$cJohn Simpson.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c[2016]
300 $axvi, 364 pages ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? Can you drink a glass of balderdash? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to all of these questions can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language. And there is no better guide to the dictionary's many wonderments, its quirks, and its quiddities than the former chief editor of the OED, John Simpson. John spent almost four decades of his life immersed in the intricacies of our language, and guides us through its history with charmingly laconic wit. In The Word Detective, an intensely personal memoir and a joyful celebration of English, he weaves a story of how words come into being (and sometimes disappear), how cultures shape the language we use, and how we cope when words fail us. Throughout, he enlivens his narrative with lively excavations and investigations of individual words-from deadline to online and back to 101 (yes, it's a word)-all the while reminding us that the seemingly mundane words (can you name the four different meanings of ma?) are often the most interesting ones. A brilliant expedition through the world of words, The Word Detective will delight, inspire, and educate any lover of language"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
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