We're doing this on Thursday night. Fun books, iconic bloggers, the type of German beers they serve in a big ceramic mug. Not a lot of sports, if we're being honest, but I'll ask Will about Jake Plummer or something.

They climbed higher, and they heard a loud noise. Many large stones were rolling down the mountain.

COME CELEBRATE ZOHRAN WEEK AT ONE OR BOTH OF THESE AWESOME BK BOOK JAWNS W/ @willleitch.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @davidjroth.bsky.social @risenc.bsky.social (5% SNAP goes for Red Scare book/wine sales too). www.eventbrite.com/e/1744028358... www.eventbrite.com/e/red-scare-...

If @joshuablevin.bsky.social makes it you should listen to it

An exceedingly cromulent story about defining words. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/u... @groveatlantic.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social #booksky

The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04

Yoshinobu Yamamoto: First pitcher to win 3 games in a single World Series since 2001 Randy Johnson First pitcher with 3 road wins in a single WS 4th P to win G6+7 in a WS, joining ‘01 Johnson, 1946 Harry Brecheen, 1925 Ray Kremer — FIRST to do it on road

Sure this was epic but the 1921 World Series ended in Game 8 “in a cloud of dust” at third base on a double play turned by George “High Pockets” Kelly

When an announcer begins a sentence “In 1926 Grover Cleveland Alexander” you know the game is drunk

This game

Miguel Rojas > Cookie Rojas

Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896

Holy cow baseball

Are you watching the World Series tonight? Well, here's a fun fact to share with your fellow fans: In this week's podcast, @benzimmer.bsky.social explains how "jazz" was baseball slang from 1912. Yes, "jazz" started as a BASEBALL term! 1/3 🎧 pod.link/173429229

Jazz was such a big deal that the American Dialect Society picked "jazz" as the Word of the Century for the 1900s. We also talked about the origin of "The Big Easy," "hella," "scalawag," and "Ms." — great stories all! Listen as you're getting ready for the game tonight: pod.link/173429229

About to join @maryldixon.bsky.social and Patrick Smith live on @wbez’s “Say More” to talk about UNABRIDGED. In a few minutes. After John Waters. www.wbez.org

The OED on _aunt_ n. sense 1.b.

Chicagolanders! Tomorrow 10/28 at 7 pm at The Book Cellar I'll be talking about my new book with @jonathaneig.bsky.social. Come ask me about trying to get the farting sense of "Dutch oven" into the dictionary and Jon about winning a Pulitzer Prize www.bookcellarinc.com/stefan-fatsi...

11/6 SQUAWKIN’ SPORTS LIVE XV TIX GOING FAST Ideally, it’ll be a new day in Gotham City, our first show under Communism. Can’t wait to interrogate comrades @williamfleitch.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @davidjroth.bsky.social #BetterReadThanDead www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

Having Stefan back on the show was the absolute best. He is truly the GOAT and everyone should get his book!!!!!

So much fun last night to see @stefanfatsis.bsky.social discuss UNABRIDGED with @louisathomas.bsky.social at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social—part state of the dictionary, part participatory journalism romp in which he embeds at M-W, defines several words, voices “Meyer lemon” & accidentally goes viral

Smart, thoughtful @nytimes.com review of UNABRIDGED by Dan Piepenbring, which also mentions my efforts to get the farting sense of "Dutch oven" into the dictionary

1/ This was a great segment. And it touched on a good topic, effectively: are dictionaries, by any dint of who writes them, less plugged in to changing language of sports? I have some experience with this.

Reasons to order my new book: 1) The NYT, WSJ and WaPo all liked it 2) I don’t have a Nazi tattoo

Boston-area friends: Come see the great @louisathomas.bsky.social and me talk about my new book, and probably some sports too. Tonight at 7:00 @harvardbookstore.bsky.social

Smart, thoughtful @nytimes.com review of UNABRIDGED by Dan Piepenbring, which also mentions my efforts to get the farting sense of "Dutch oven" into the dictionary

Big Vanderbilt basketball fan now am I

@stefanfatsis.bsky.social is back! Check out the latest Hang Up for a round of sports-words-orama!!!

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Upcoming UNABRIDGED book events: Cambridge: Tomorrow, Wed 10/22, 7 pm, Harvard Book Store, with @louisathomas.bsky.social Madison: Sun 10/26, 10:30 am, Wisconsin Book Festival Chicago: Tue 10/28, 7 pm, The Book Cellar, with @jonathaneig.bsky.social Links below, come say hi

New @slate.com sports podcast Hang Up and Listen with @alexkirshner.com, @benlindbergh.bsky.social and @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social on UNABRIDGED and sports words. Plus: Afterball intro about Brett Favre and "Dutch oven"

Grateful to @npr.org Weekend Edition and Don Gonyea for having me on today to talk about UNABRIDGED

Even in a digital era, the choices editors make about the Sunday front page say a great deal about their priorities

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Nashville #NoKings

UNABRIDGED author @stefanfatsis.bsky.social goes on @grammargirl.bsky.social. Watch the video here or listen anywhere you like to listen to podcasts!

Adventures at @merriam-webster.com with @stefanfatsis.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/fritinan...

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

Me in the @bostonglobe.com on @merriam-webster.com's new actual physical book 12th edition of its Collegiate dictionary: "the bound book as safe harbor at a time of existential peril from our increasingly pervasive AI overlords"

Fellow booklovers! Unscroll the parchment that holds your #TBR list, sharpen that quill pen, and add "Unabridged" by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social! Please buy at an indie bookstore, @bookshop.org @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social or @libro.fm #BookSky 📚

Farewell to Susan Stamberg, whose book Talk was one of my very first projects at Random House and whose cranberry horseradish relish absolutely rocks. Plus everything else.

"A warm, personal paean to Merriam-Webster and its staffers." 🙏 for this thoughtful, positive @washingtonpost.com review of UNABRIDGED by @djbduncan.bsky.social

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

"A warm, personal paean to Merriam-Webster and its staffers." 🙏 for this thoughtful, positive @washingtonpost.com review of UNABRIDGED by @djbduncan.bsky.social

"A thoroughly delightful read, from that arresting introduction to the copious and often hilarious endnotes." My review of "Unabridged," by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social: fritinancy.substack.com/p/book-revie...

Stefan's reading yesterday was an absolute delight! Community Bookstore was packed, they sold out all their copies, Stefan and Vinson were an awesome team, audience asked great questions. Get the book if you don't have it already!

I just realized it's pub day for @stefanfatsis.bsky.social and "Unabridged"! I loved this book. It's FILLED with fascinating stories about defining, Merriam-Webster, and dictionaries in general. I'm sorry that it's already time to think about this, but it would make a wonderful holiday gift. 🎁

NY friends: I’ll be in Brooklyn tonight talking about my new book with the great Vinson Cunningham. It’ll be the definition of fun.