Was half-listening to NPR news this morning, and thought I heard a reporter say that something was intended to "shore up the Gaza sea-spire." I thought to myself, "Neat--I don't...
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks with OED editor Jesse Sheidlower about whether "conversate" is a word. I And dictionary editors in general. Lexicographer Erin McKean gave a talk at TED in 2007...