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{{Short description| American lexicographer and writer}}
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|name = Kory Stamper
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|alma_mater = [[Smith College]]
|occupation = [[Lexicography|Lexicographer]], editor for [[Merriam-Webster]]
|notable_works = ''Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries'' (2017)
|website = {{URL|http://korystamper.wordpress.com/|Harmlessdrudgery.com}}
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'''Kory Stamper''' is a [[Lexicography|lexicographer]] and former associate editor for the [[Merriam-Webster]] family of [[Webster's Dictionary|dictionaries]]. She is the author of ''Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries'' (Pantheon, 2017).
 
==Early life==
Stamper grew up in [[Colorado]].<ref name=":0" /> She attended at [[Smith College]], where she undertook an interdisciplinary major that involved studying [[Latin]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Old EnglishNorse|Norse]], [[Old Norse|NorseEnglish]], 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."<ref name=":0" />
 
==Career==
Stamper worked in a college development office before applying for an editorial assistant position with [[Merriam-Webster]] in 1998.<ref name=":0" /> She left Merriam-Webster after working there for nearly 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stamper|first=Kory|url=https://korystamper.wordpress.com/about/|title=Who?|work=harm·less drudg·ery|date=19 September 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref> She was associate editor at Merriam-Webster for more than ten years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pfarrer|first=Steve|date=July 20, 2017|url=https://www.gazettenet.com/The-Secret-Life-if-Dictionaries-Lexicographer-Kory-Stamper-talks-about-her-work-with-Merriam-Webster-and-the-quirks-of-the-English-language-11268612|title=The secret life of dictionaries: Kory Stamper on her new book 'Word by Word'|work=Daily Hampshire Gazette|access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref> As of 2019, Stamper worked freelance with [[Cambridge University Press]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Stamper|first=Kory|date=December 4, 2019|url=https://aceseditors.org/news/2019/interview-with-an-editor-kory-stamper|title=Interview with an Editor: Kory Stamper|publisher=ACES: The Society for Editing|access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref> As of December 2023, she was senior editor of lexicography at [[Dictionary.com]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://content.dictionary.com/word-of-the-year-2023/|title=The Dictionary.com Word of the Year is ''hallucinate''.|work=Dictionary.com|date=December 12, 2023|access-date=May 1, 2024}}</ref> where she worked until April 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kory|first=Stamper|date=April 13, 2024|url=https://bsky.app/profile/korystamper.bsky.social/post/3kpxgzhx7eo2l|title=I always said I'd ride the dictionary train until the terminus; the train will pull into the station April 30, which is my last day at dictionary.com. What a magical and unlikely career this has been. I'll miss it! HMU if you ever need an editor who knows more about grammar than is safe! 💜|work=Bluesky|access-date=May 1, 2024}}</ref>
Stamper worked in a college development office before applying for an editorial assistant position with Merriam-Webster in 1998.<ref name=":0" />
 
In addition to her editorial duties, she presentspresented many of Merriam-Webster's "Ask the Editor" videos,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/index.htm|accessdate=2012-06-05|title=Merriam-Webster - Ask the Editor}}</ref> a series on the publisher's website and [[YouTube]] that discusses the English language, especially unusual or controversial words and usages. She undertakesundertook speaking engagements on behalf of Merriam-Webster<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/04/04/english-the-mongrel-language/|access-date=2012-06-05| url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120418065357/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-04/features/ct-tribu-words-work-language-history-20120404_1_mongrel-language-second-language-english |accessdate=2012-06-05| title =A ChicagoEnglish: TribuneThe articlemongrel aboutlanguage a| talkwebsite Kory= StamperChicago gaveTribune at| thedate Wyndham= Hotel4 andApril Executive2012 Meeting| Centerarchive-date in= Lisle18 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.itbe.org/convention.php|accessdate=2012-06-05|title=Kory Stamper Plenary Speaker llinoisIllinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 2012 convention|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423085616/http://www.itbe.org/convention.php|archive-date=2012-04-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> and provides expert advice and response to general enquiries on language and lexicography from the public.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.learnersdictionary.com/blog.php?action=ViewBlogArchive&monthyear=02-2010| title=Examples of Stamper providing expert advice to public}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Stamper drew attention as the Associateassociate Editoreditor responsible for explaining the addition of the term "[[F-Bombbomb]]" into the dictionary.<ref name=":0" />
 
Stamper also provides lexicographical and language -related commentary for various media outlets including the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ct-tribu-words-work-crush-20120215,0,1758115.story |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=Chicago Tribune |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=15 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{citeCite webnews| url=http://articleswww.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-08/featureslifestyles/ct-tribu-words-work-lovecrush-20120208_1_love-definition20120215-wwstory.html|title=Word crushes|accessdatelast=Stevens|first=Heidi|date=February 15, 2012-06-06|titlework=''Chicago Tribune''|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-14/features/ct-tribu-words-work-eponyms-20120314_1_bogart-names-jionni | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315103142/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-14/features/ct-tribu-words-work-eponyms-20120314_1_bogart-names-jionni | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 15, 2012 |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''|date=14 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-09/features/ct-tribu-words-work-wheelhouse-20120509_1_star-power-business-cruise=| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119025849/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-09/features/ct-tribu-words-work-wheelhouse-20120509_1_star-power-business-cruise=| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 19, 2013|accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''|date=9 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-09/features/ct-tribu-words-work-wheelhouse-20120509_1_star-power-business-cruise | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119011408/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-09/features/ct-tribu-words-work-wheelhouse-20120509_1_star-power-business-cruise | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 19, 2013 |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''|date=9 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-03-29/news/0603290358_1_hot-slang-meanings | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119044832/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-03-29/news/0603290358_1_hot-slang-meanings | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 19, 2013 |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=Columbia News Service article published in the ''Chicago Tribune''|date=29 March 2006 }}</ref> and has written on other, non-language-related topics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brainchildmag.com/essays/fall2007_stamper.asp/ |accessdate=2012-06-05 |title=Alma Mater - an article published in www.brainchildmag.com an online parenting magazine. |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824050025/http://www.brainchildmag.com/essays/fall2007_stamper.asp |archivedate=August 24, 2011 }}</ref>{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?442657-1/word-word Presentation by Stamper on ''Word by Word'', March 22, 2018], [[C-SPAN]]}}
Stamper's first book, ''Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries'', was released by [[Pantheon Books|Pantheon]] in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/03/the-case-against-the-grammar-scolds/519552/|title=The Case Against the Grammar Scolds|last=Garber|first=Megan|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/books/merriam-webster-dictionary-kory-stamper.html|title=A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|date=2017-03-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-101-87094-5|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper. Pantheon, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-101-87094-5|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en}}</ref>▼
 
Stamper appears in all six episodes of the 2021 [[Netflix]] series ''[[History of Swear Words]]'',<ref>{{Citation|title=History of Swear Words|date=2021-01-05|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13617060/|type=Documentary, Comedy|others=Nikki Glaser, London Hughes, Elvis Mitchell, Melissa Mohr|publisher=B17 Entertainment, Funny or Die|access-date=2021-01-24}}</ref> providing commentary on the linguistic histories of various obscenities. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' described Stamper as "probably the breakout among the expert talking heads".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-05|title='History of Swear Words' Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/history-of-swear-words-tv-review|access-date=2021-01-24|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}</ref>
===''Word by Word''===
▲Stamper's first book, ''Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries'', was released by [[Pantheon Books|Pantheon]] in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/03/the-case-against-the-grammar-scolds/519552/|title=The Case Against the Grammar Scolds|last=Garber|first=Megan|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/books/merriam-webster-dictionary-kory-stamper.html|title=A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|date=2017-03-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-101-87094-5|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper. Pantheon, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-101-87094-5|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Stamper is married with two children. She lives in [[Collingswood, New Jersey]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Rubin|first1=Daniel|title=Daniel Rubin: The editor who dropped an F-bomb on Merriam-Webster|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120823_Daniel_Rubin__The_editor_who_dropped_an_F-bomb_on_Merriam-Webster.html|accessdate=1 June 2017|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=August 23, 2012}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/index.htm Merriam-Webster - Ask the Editor]
*[https://korystamper.wordpress.com Official Blog]
 
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