Grant Barrett
Encyclopedia
Grant Barrett is an American lexicographer
, specializing in slang, jargon and new usage. He is also co-host and co-producer of the nationwide public radio show A Way With Words
, and editor of the Official Dictionary of Unofficial English (McGraw-Hill, 2006, ISBN 0071458042), the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang (Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0195176855), and the award-winning web site Double-Tongued Dictionary. He is also the vice president of communications and technology for the American Dialect Society
, a member of the editorial review board for the academic journal American Speech
, former editor of the journal's "Among the New Words" column, and founder of the online dictionary Wordnik.
Lexicography
Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
, specializing in slang, jargon and new usage. He is also co-host and co-producer of the nationwide public radio show A Way With Words
A Way with Words
A Way with Words is an independent, non-profit, nationwide, weekly public radio show about language currently broadcast around the country.It was originally produced by KPBS in San Diego, CA, from 1998 to 2007. The show was originally hosted by authors Richard Lederer and Charles Harrington Elster...
, and editor of the Official Dictionary of Unofficial English (McGraw-Hill, 2006, ISBN 0071458042), the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang (Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0195176855), and the award-winning web site Double-Tongued Dictionary. He is also the vice president of communications and technology for the American Dialect Society
American Dialect Society
The American Dialect Society, founded in 1889, is a learned society "dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it." The Society publishes the academic journal, American Speech...
, a member of the editorial review board for the academic journal American Speech
American Speech
American Speech is a quarterly academic journal of the American Dialect Society, established in 1925 and published by the Duke University Press...
, former editor of the journal's "Among the New Words" column, and founder of the online dictionary Wordnik.