I desperately want the new Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary! Forty years in the making, it is the first historical thesaurus to include almost the entire vocabulary of English, from Old English to the present day. Oh Lord. I'm a little wet just thinking about it. Why, oh why must it be almost $400?
Of note, it contains synonyms (with dates!) of the the usages of each word in chronological order and a notation of which words have become obsolete. It enables complete cross-referencing of nearly one million words and meanings. We're talking more than 900,000 words and meanings here people!
Sadly, the book costs almost as much as a lit class at your average local community college. I am currently an unemployed editor who can barely afford to keep herself in cheap wine and Hot Pockets, so purchasing the aforementioned word porn is out of the question.
To add insult to injury, my vibrator is broken. I can't even masterbate to the Powell's Books page.
Sad day.
Of note, it contains synonyms (with dates!) of the the usages of each word in chronological order and a notation of which words have become obsolete. It enables complete cross-referencing of nearly one million words and meanings. We're talking more than 900,000 words and meanings here people!
Sadly, the book costs almost as much as a lit class at your average local community college. I am currently an unemployed editor who can barely afford to keep herself in cheap wine and Hot Pockets, so purchasing the aforementioned word porn is out of the question.
To add insult to injury, my vibrator is broken. I can't even masterbate to the Powell's Books page.
Sad day.
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tireoghain:
I saw that while in Borders the other day (along with its sister Dictionary) and was a bit irritated at its pricing as well. Quality reference books should be gifted by the Governments of the world. Then again that would go against the 'keep 'em dumb' policies most gov's have.
oxy:
You could use me instead of your vibrator.