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Everyword

Allison Parrish

4.8/5 ( ratings)

From 2007 to 2014, the Twitter account @everyword painstakingly tweeted every word in the English language to thousands of riveted followers worldwide. Containing all 109,157 words from the original run of the account, along with accurate counts of the number of times each was favorited and retweeted by Twitter users, Everyword: The Book provides an accelerated, “director’s cut” experience of the English language like no other, as well as—in Parrish’s writing on her methods, inspirations, and reactions to the initial reception of @everyword—a deeply personal look at the intersection of conceptual art and secret humanity.

"[Everyword] forced us to consider words as social objects and was fundamentally concerned with a rethinking of context in a contextless age."— Slate

"A ‘conceptual dictionary’ —this inventory lists all the ‘components’ in the lovely, if not brutal, machinery of discourse itself. The book itemizes every piece of a common puzzle, out which of which we must make our individual identities for expression in the world. Find your word—and like it."—Christian Bök

"At long last: every word in the English language compiled in a single volume."—Darius Kazemi

Language: English

Pages: 2338

Format: ebook

Publisher: Instar Books

Release: October 13, 2015

ISBN 13: 9780990452850

Everyword

Allison Parrish

4.8/5 ( ratings)

From 2007 to 2014, the Twitter account @everyword painstakingly tweeted every word in the English language to thousands of riveted followers worldwide. Containing all 109,157 words from the original run of the account, along with accurate counts of the number of times each was favorited and retweeted by Twitter users, Everyword: The Book provides an accelerated, “director’s cut” experience of the English language like no other, as well as—in Parrish’s writing on her methods, inspirations, and reactions to the initial reception of @everyword—a deeply personal look at the intersection of conceptual art and secret humanity.

"[Everyword] forced us to consider words as social objects and was fundamentally concerned with a rethinking of context in a contextless age."— Slate

"A ‘conceptual dictionary’ —this inventory lists all the ‘components’ in the lovely, if not brutal, machinery of discourse itself. The book itemizes every piece of a common puzzle, out which of which we must make our individual identities for expression in the world. Find your word—and like it."—Christian Bök

"At long last: every word in the English language compiled in a single volume."—Darius Kazemi

Language: English

Pages: 2338

Format: ebook

Publisher: Instar Books

Release: October 13, 2015

ISBN 13: 9780990452850

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