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This article not only charms with the following insightful description, but also spotlights some of the many labors of lexicography and its love.

Meet any lexicographer, and you just can't miss one commonality: all of them are hara ­ssed, stressed out and completely tired. But tell them that the use of a dictionary in this modern world is obsolete, and there pops up the other face of their professional existence: indefinite enthusiasm. In fact, you will suddenly feel like yourself being mistaken for a punching bag.

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