A review by courtneyfalling
The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language by Peter Martin

informative slow-paced

3.5

I didn't expect "fuck Webster" to ever be a take I had this strongly, but here we are. (The sheer hatred people had for him! Was deserved! The quotes rival those from Ted Cruz's ex-college roommate!) 

And fuck the Merriam brothers even more! Everyone here sucks and it was wildly entertaining for an academic-like history of dictionaries. (Idk, either you get it or you don't.) I feel like the author knows too: his deadpan humor was pretty fun.