Stuart Berg Flexner was a lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including I Hear America Talking and Listening to America; as co-editor of the Dictionary of American Slang' and as chief editor of the Random House Dictionary, Second Edition.

Personal life

Flexner was the son of David Flexner and Gertrude Berg. He was twice married, firstly to Miriam Bogen and then to Doris Louise Hurcomb.

External links

• 1987 audio interview with Stuart Flexner at Wired for Books.org by Don Swaim
  Don Swaim
  Don Swaim is an American journalist and broadcaster.Born in Kansas, Swaim earned a degree in broadcast journalism from Ohio University and worked as editor, writer, producer, reporter and anchor at WCBS in New York and CBS in Baltimore....