Monday, July 27, 2015

The Houstorian Dictionary



James Glassman has just released a new book filled with definitions of words used almost exclusively in Houston, named “The Houstorian Dictionary”.

I love James Glassman’s book and encourage you to read it. Glassman is the founder of Houstorian, an education and advocacy group "committed to telling the story of Houston, preserving its cultural and architectural history, and supporting the landmarks that make Houston fun and unique.” The concept for the book began as an idea for Twitter. Glassman planned a series in which every day he tweeted a new definition for a Houston only used word. He planned to have 365 words, one for each day, in which posting of each word would repeat itself every year. The concept eventually grew into a book.

I encourage you to read this new book; it’s one of my favorites out of the many books that have come from Houston.

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