Ammon Shea left with onomatomania after reading Oxford dictionary from A to ZBy any sane reckoning Ammon Shea is a vocabularian – one who pays too much attention to words.
In a single, grueling year, the sometime furniture removal man, busker and gondolier from New York has read the entire 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary from cover to cover.
He has returned from his adventure in the far reaches of the English language with a rich harvest of obscure and forgotten words to share: indispensable gems such as "deipnophobia" (fear of dinner parties) or "apricity" (the warmth of the sun in winter). In return he suffered back pain, problems with his sight and constant headaches.
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