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{{Infobox person
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|alma_mater = [[Smith College]]
|occupation = [[Lexicography|Lexicographer]] and editor for the [[Merriam-Webster]]
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'''Kory Stamper''' is a [[Lexicography|lexicographer]] and editor for the [[Merriam-Webster]] family of [[Webster's Dictionary|dictionaries]]. In addition to her editorial duties, she presents 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 undertakes 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 llinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 2012 convention}}</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}}</ref> Stamper has recently enjoyed some notoriety as the Associate Editor responsible for explaining the addition of the term "F-Bomb" into the dictionary.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120823_Daniel_Rubin__The_editor_who_dropped_an_F-bomb_on_Merriam-Webster.html|accessdate=2012-08-29|title=Philly.Com article}}</ref>
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Stamper was educated at [[Smith College]], where she undertook an interdisciplinary major that involved studying [[Latin]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Old English]], Norse, 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>{{cite web| url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/daniel_rubin/20120823_Daniel_Rubin__The_editor_who_dropped_an_F-bomb_on_Merriam-Webster.html|accessdate=2012-08-29|title=Philly.Com article}}</ref>
She graduated with a BA BA in medieval studies, with a focus on language & literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/KoryStamper/status/547883213084192768|title=Twitter.com reply}}</ref>
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