Kory Stamper
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Kory Stamper

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Kory Stamper is a lexicographer (that is, a writer and editor of dictionaries) who worked for nearly two decades at Merriam-Webster (the dictionary). She has traveled around the world giving talks and lectures on language and lexicography. Her writing has appeared in a number of publications, including The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times, and she cussed on the TV for fun and profit in Netflix's "The History of Swear Words." A medievalist by training, she knows a number of languages, most of them dead. She drinks more coffee and owns more dictionaries than is good for anyone.
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    • Word by Word

    • The Secret Life of Dictionaries
    • By: Kory Stamper
    • Narrated by: Kory Stamper
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 14-03-2017
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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