Riiiight.

BoingBoing is featuring a sneak peek at an abridged glossary of neologisms from Neal Stephenson's upcoming book Anathem.

Seriously, does Stephenson want his readers to die of old age before finishing this thing? This book is 928 pages long! There is absolutely no chance I'm going to be taking the time to look up any stupid made-up words. If I can't understand it from the context, I'm pretty sure I can live with not knowing.