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In addition to her editorial duties, she presented 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 undertook speaking engagements on behalf of Merriam-Webster<ref>{{cite web| url=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 Chicago Tribune article about a talk Kory Stamper gave at the Wyndham Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Lisle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itbe.org/convention.php|accessdate=2012-06-05|title=Kory Stamper Plenary Speaker Illinois 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 associate editor responsible for explaining the addition of the term "[[F-bomb]]" 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 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-tribu-words-work-crush-20120215-story.html|title=Word crushes|last=Stevens|first=Heidi|date=February 15, 2012|work=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 |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-09/features/ct-tribu-words-work-wheelhouse-20120509_1_star-power-business-cruise=|accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-09/features/ct-tribu-words-work-wheelhouse-20120509_1_star-power-business-cruise |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-03-29/news/0603290358_1_hot-slang-meanings |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=Columbia News Service article published in the ''Chicago Tribune''}}</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. |url-status=dead |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|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en}}</ref>
Stamper appears in all six episodes of the 2021 [[Netflix]] series ''
▲Stamper appears in six episodes of the 2021 [[Netflix]] series ''The 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. Although overall series reviews were mixed, ''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>
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