"Sometimes you want to make the dictionary sexy, but it's just not a sexy thing," says Kory Stamper, lexicographer for the Merriam-Webster dictionaries.

Sorry if this is disillusioning news for you. The dictionary is not a sexy thing, but as Kory explains, it is a fascinating, complicated, exacting thing.

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*Yes. I said 'addendums', not 'addenda'. You won't catch me saying 'stadia' rather than 'stadiums' either.

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