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26 Gifts For People Who Love Language
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An impossibly adorable pin for the stickler who's forever proud to be a Strunk & White fan.
Wear your pedantry on your sleeve, or wherever else you prefer!
Get it from Jane Mount on Etsy for $11.
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A set of pencils that shows everyone you've got your homophones down pat.
Now if only we could all agree on calling animals a who rather than a that...
Get a set of five from NewtonAndTheApple on Etsy for $9.31.
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A throw pillow that says "I love you" in American Sign Language, for the person you've got all the feels for.
I love *you*, pillow!
Available in four sizes. Get it from Anais Moods on Society6 for $29.99.
Anais Moods / Via society6.com
This grammar-tip-a-day calendar from *the* Grammar Girl herself, for the language lover with an insatiable thirst for learning.
A grammar tip a day keeps the internet trolls away.
Get it from Amazon or Barnes & Noble for $13.75.
Amazon / Via amazon.com
A cozy little candle to set the mood for hibernating in bed with a book all winter long.
An eco-friendly soy candle that smells like rainwater and cotton: so hygge.
Get it from FromthePage on Etsy for $10.79.
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A sticker that lets everyone know which side of the fence you're on...
Hell hath no fury like an Oxford comma lover who's been told house style doesn't call for it.
Get it from pigmentandply on Etsy for $2.97.
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A pencil case that does all the talking for anyone who's petty AF.
It's not grammar snobbery if you don't actually say anything.
Get it from ModCloth for $9.
ModCloth / Via modcloth.com
A tote bag that gives the world a quick lesson on dashes so you don't have to.
Hyphen who?
Get it from GrammaticalArt on Etsy for $20.40.
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A crossword watch with teeny glasses and a tiny pencil for the person who knows it's never a bad time for a puzzle.
What's a four-letter word for best gift ever?
Get it from SunnyRiverCreations on Etsy for $40.
SunnyRiverCreations / Via etsy.com
A lorem ipsum scarf that harkens back to the days of traditional publishing.
Long live print media!
Available in custom colors. Get it from Cyberoptix on Etsy for $44+.
Cyberoptix / Via etsy.com
A punny onesie, because it's never too early to learn about the objective case.
For whom? For the littlest curmudgeon you know.
Available in 25 decal colors and in short-sleeved and long-sleeved options for 0–3 months through 24 months. Get it from ClamsAndaHamDog on Etsy for $11+.
ClamsAndaHamDog / Via etsy.com
A whimsical coral-colored bookshelf to display said usage manuals and style guides proudly.
Seriously, have you ever seen a cuter bookshelf in your life?
Get it from Walmart or Jet for $158.99.
Sauder Eden Rue / Via walmart.com
An exclamation-point bathmat, shower curtain and towel set, because face it, your bathroom could use some excitement.
Everything's more fun with an exclamation mark — arguably the best punctuation mark.
Get the bathmat from ArtfullyFeathered on Etsy for $41.95, the shower curtain for $68.95+, and the set of bath towels for $79.95.
ArtfullyFeathered / Via etsy.com
This trio of ornaments made from vintage dictionary pages that'll add a touch of nerdom to your tree or anywhere else you see fit.
Display them all year long, because lexicography is always in season.
Get it from TheRehatchery on Etsy for $14.
TheRehatchery / Via etsy.com
A word-nerdy game for kids and adults alike looking for an upgrade to their dusty old Scrabble board.
Ain't no party like a word-game party cause a word-game party don't stop! Or something like that.
Get it from Amazon or Walmart for $12.51.
Amazon / Via amazon.com
A subscription to MyBookBox, for the person who wants the book club without the socializing part.
You'll get new releases *and* a surprise gift every month. Choose from mystery, nonfiction, young adult, women's fiction, children 8–12, and children 4–7.
Get it from Cratejoy for $39.95+/month.
MyBookBox / Via cratejoy.com
Personalized wall art that makes a thoughtful gift any time of year for your favorite puzzle master or linguist.
You can customize the words, font, and color of the circles.
Get it from PrintableWisdom on Etsy for $8.
PrintableWisdom / Via etsy.com
A set of quality red pens for the traditionalist who refuses to part with their beloved proofreader's marks.
There's just something so much more satisfying about wielding a red pen than tracking changes on a screen, and you know it.
Get a 12-pack from Amazon for $11.89.
Amazon / Via amazon.com
Scrabble tiles that spell out a name or special message with some good old-fashioned rustic and kinda nerdy flair.
Each charming 3.5-inch square is 0.625 inches thick.
Get them from LabradorWoodworks on Etsy for $3 each. (All orders over 20 tiles are 20% off using code XMAS20.)
LabradorWoodworks / Via etsy.com
A flight to to Chicago for the 2018 Society for Editing conference.
Make the dream of being surrounded exclusively by fellow word lovers a reality at this gathering of editors, writers, linguists, lexicographers, and others who fall on various places along the prescriptivist-descriptivist spectrum, from April 26–April 28, 2018.
Conference rates start at $70 for one day and at $115 for three days. Visit the ACES website for more info.
Round-trip nonstop flights on Booking.com from NYC to Chicago for selected dates in April start at $170.
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And finally — shameless self-promo alert! — a book by one of BuzzFeed's very own that denounces the word whom once and for all, to appease the descriptivist in all of us.
An ode to a world without whom and without pedantry.
Get it from Amazon for $7.25+, Barnes & Noble for $9.99+, or a local bookseller through Indiebound here.
Bloomsbury / Via amazon.com
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