Publishers Weekly

A 2,000-Plus-Page Dictionary Teaches a Lesson

There was a time when I couldn’t work/write without my physical, hardcover dictionary at my side. It’s not that I can’t spell, or that my vocabulary is scant. My dictionary has always been a ...
ERR News

Final volume of 7,300-page dictionary of Estonian dialects published

The 35th book of the seventh volume of Dictionary of Estonian Dialects (Eesti murrete sõnaraamat) was recently published. Each volume of the dictionary consists of five books, with each book ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'Cheeseslaw' to be immortalised in pages of Macquarie Dictionary

Three ingredients, one word — Broken Hill's iconic dish is about to enter the mainstream vernacular. The Macquarie Dictionary has announced 'cheeseslaw' will be immortalised in the pages of its ...
Jewish Journal

Make Vintage Botanical Cards with Old Dictionary Pages

At least once a month, I realize it’s someone’s birthday and that I have totally forgotten about it. Instead of rushing to the store to pick up a card, I like to have a stack of cards ready for such ...
The New Yorker

Oxford Junior Dictionary Drops 'Acorn' For 'Broadband'

In the early nineteen-sixties, a passel of newspapers and magazines mounted a cultural jihad against a dictionary. The book in question was Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ...