Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary

“[A] spirited examination of the state of language.”—New York Times

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Word Freak, a vibrant, lively, and illuminating journey through the exotic world of Merriam-Webster, dictionaries, and language, at a time of rapid-fire change in the way we create, consume, define, and use words

Words are the currency of culture—and never more than today. From selfie to doomscro...