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Stefan Fatsis
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Author: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary Also: Word Freak, A Few Seconds of Panic, Wild & Outside Ex: Hang Up and Listen, WSJ, NPR, AP, The Daily Pennsylvanian, The Pel Mel Out now: UNABRIDGED from Grove Atlantic
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · May 11
Here’s the fantastic cover by @davidplunkert.bsky.social of my new book, out in October from @groveatlantic.bsky.social. Preorder now—support independent bookstores! groveatlantic.com/book/unabrid...
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Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 1d
If you love dictionaries, you'll love my chat this week with @stefanfatsis.bsky.social about his new book "Unabridged."

He spent years at Merriam-Webster learning how everything works, even writing definitions that made it into the dictionary (and some surprising ones that didn't). 1/2
A promotional image for the Grammar Girl podcast featuring Mignon Fogarty and Stefan Fatsis. Mignon Fogarty, a white woman with long brown hair, is smiling on the left. Stefan Fatsis, a white man with gray hair and glasses, is resting his chin on his hand on the right. Between them is a graphic of the cover of his book, "Unabridged: The Story of the Dictionary and How It Came to Be." The background is bright orange, and the title in large text reads: "INTERVIEW The fight for the modern dictionary." The Grammar Girl and QDT logos are also visible.
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Patrick Sauer @pjsauer.bsky.social · 2d
Tix link @squawkinsports.bsky.social Live XV!

As seen on @todayshow.com!

11/6 OG Bloggers:
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social

Mark your 1/15/26 calendar for Trans Writers:
@juliekliegman.com
@xbennyboo.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 2d
About to live podcast with @editormark.bsky.social on That Word Chat. Come on in www.thatwordchat.com
That Word Chat | A Language Celebration
That Word Chat is a wordy celebration of editing and all things lexical, featuring fun conversations with interesting guests.
www.thatwordchat.com
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 10d
Thrilled, psyched, honored, humbled etc. for UNABRIDGED to make this @nytimes.com list of new books. Preorder now!
27 Books Coming in October
www.nytimes.com
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Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social · 9d
Big day for lexicographical unboxing! Received the just-published 12th edition of @merriam-webster.com's Collegiate Dictionary (a big surprise to everyone in the dictionary game) and @stefanfatsis.bsky.social's long-awaited journey through modern lexicography, UNABRIDGED. Get 'em both!
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Patrick Sauer @pjsauer.bsky.social · 9d
SQUAWKIN’ SPORTS LIVE XV page is up, details for a wide-ranging night of book yakkin’ novels, dictionaries, blogs, death of the magazine-length features (aka “the only thing I know how to do well.”)

Tix on sale within:
@davidjroth.bsky.social
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
Squawkin' Sports: OG Blogger Night!
Brooklyn independent bookstore
greenlightbookstore.com
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 10d
Thrilled, psyched, honored, humbled etc. for UNABRIDGED to make this @nytimes.com list of new books. Preorder now!
27 Books Coming in October
www.nytimes.com
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 11d
Full disclosure: That's a Donovan shirt, not Pulisic
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Patrick Sauer @pjsauer.bsky.social · 11d
SQUAWKIN’ SPORTS LIVE XV 11/6 7PM

OG Blogger Night with:
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social

The official event page is not up yet but tix are one sale for the last show of 2025, DO IT!

www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 11d
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 11d
Merriam survives on snarky posts, games, and sharper SEO. With U.S. lexicographers down from about 200 to under 50, this piece urges treating dictionaries as public goods amid fights over words like insurrection and woke.

By @stefanfatsis.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com

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Is This the End of the Dictionary?
Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14d
NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.

I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
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John Kelly @mashedradish.bsky.social · 17d
I spoke to @stefanfatsis.bsky.social for his recent piece in the @theatlantic.com—and upcoming book, "Unabridged"—on the state of dictionaries, including on business trends, corporate ownership, and my editorial vision for dictionaries in the digital-first era: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Is This the End of the Dictionary?
Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 18d
Here's a great excerpt from @stefanfatsis.bsky.social's superb new book, Unabridged, which, trust me, you want to read.
Is This the End of the Dictionary?
Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful
www.theatlantic.com
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 18d
I just read this great article about Merriam Webster and Dictionary dot com and the state of the modern dictionary and recommend you read it too! Now I’m excited for @stefanfatsis.bsky.social’s book!
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 25d
The first excerpt/adaptation from my new book, UNABRIDGED, is out, in the @theatlantic.com. Read, share, preorder (the book, that is). www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Is This the End of the Dictionary?
Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful
www.theatlantic.com
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 18d
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 20d
Hail hail to the champion of the west. Congrats!
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 25d
Thanks, Julie! This was the bleakest part! The book is way fun!
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 25d
The first excerpt/adaptation from my new book, UNABRIDGED, is out, in the @theatlantic.com. Read, share, preorder (the book, that is). www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Is This the End of the Dictionary?
Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful
www.theatlantic.com
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 28d
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"Complete gibberish, nonsense and balderdash."
Part One of a collection of the words of Charlie Kirk
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 29d
As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29d
This is an important thread. It seems weirdly disrespectful to try to turn Kirk into something he clearly despised.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 29d
As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Sep 9
William F. Buckley demanded that HIV-positive men be tattooed "in the upper forearm, to protect common-needle users, and on the buttocks, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals."

So feel free to mail him a letter stamped with his sour visage c/o Hell.
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · Sep 7
DC friends: I’ll be talking tomorrow with baseball-writing titan Jane Leavy about her incredibly fun new manifesto, MAKE ME COMMISSIONER. 7 pm at Wonderland Books in Bethesda. Details: www.wonderlandbooks.com/events/34768...
Jane Leavy: Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It | Wonderland Books
www.wonderlandbooks.com
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