One thing nerds like to argue about is what nerds are allowed to argue about. If you agree to stipulate that science fiction is often one of those things—and, hey, we could argue about that—then a ...

On February 1, 1884, the very first part of what would become the most famous dictionary in history was published. It was called a fascicle essentially a small, thin volume covering words from A to ...

What do you really know about terms like warp drives and transporters? You likely associate them with Star Trek, but what else? You can expand your knowledge of these and other science-fiction words ...

Clarence Major, Dictionary of Afro-American Slang (1970), The Queen's Vernacular: A Gay Lexicon, San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books (1972), and Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler with Ann Russo, A ...

If you're a science fiction fan who enjoys getting lost in internet rabbit holes, may I suggest the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction? The site—newly revamped by Jesse Sheidlower, formerly of ...

The 20th century gave us works that defied traditions across the arts: for instance, Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 The Rite of Spring, a ballet whose setting, in a pagan world, and enactment of human ...

Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language includes 73,000 entries across 91,000 pages Add as a preferred source on Google Announcing the publication of 127 volumes of the monumental work, top ...