Kory Stamper

Kory Stamper
Alma mater Smith College
Occupation Lexicographer and editor for Merriam-Webster
Website Harmlessdrudgery.com

Kory Stamper is a lexicographer and editor for the Merriam-Webster family of dictionaries. In addition to her editorial duties, she presents many of Merriam-Webster's "Ask the Editor" videos,[1] a series on the publisher's website and YouTube that discusses the English language, especially unusual or controversial words and usages. She undertakes speaking engagements on behalf of Merriam-Webster[2][3] and provides expert advice and response to general enquiries on language and lexicography from the public.[4] Stamper has recently enjoyed some notoriety as the Associate Editor responsible for explaining the addition of the term "F-Bomb" into the dictionary.[5]

Stamper also provides lexicographical and language related commentary for various media outlets including the Chicago Tribune[6][7][8][9][10][11] and has written on other, non-language-related topics.[12]

Stamper was educated at Smith College, where she undertook an interdisciplinary major that involved studying Latin, Greek, Old English, Norse, and Middle English after enrolling in a course on Icelandic family sagas of the 13th and 14th centuries. She says "I loved the style, the rhythm. They're very bleak, but they have this black humor."[13]

She graduated with a BA in medieval studies, with a focus on language & literature.[14]

Her first book, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, is due to be released in March 2017.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Merriam-Webster - Ask the Editor". Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  2. ↑ "A Chicago Tribune article about a talk Kory Stamper gave at the Wyndham Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Lisle". Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Kory Stamper Plenary Speaker llinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 2012 convention". Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ↑ "Examples of Stamper providing expert advice to public".
  5. ↑ "Philly.Com article". Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  6. ↑ "Chicago Tribune". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Tribune". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Tribune". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  9. ↑ "Chicago Tribune". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  10. ↑ "Chicago Tribune". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  11. ↑ "Columbia News Service article published in the Chicago Tribune". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  12. ↑ "Alma Mater - an article published in www.brainchildmag.com an online parenting magazine.". Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  13. ↑ "Philly.Com article". Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  14. ↑ "Amazon".
  15. ↑ "Amazon".

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