Reading the OED\"\"I'm reading the OED so you don't have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on\"\" So reports Ammon Shea, the tireless, word obsessed, and more than slightly masochistic author of Reading the OED. The word lover's Mount Everest, the OED has enthralled logophiles since its initial publication 80 years ago. Weighing in at 137 pounds, it is the dictionary to end all dictionaries. In 26

I had a blissful night’s sleep

the dogs of the Soviet space program

his life eventually becomes all about his muscle gains

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gay rights activists could all trace important roots to 1968

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