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'''Kory Stamper''' is a [[Lexicography|lexicographer]] and editor for the [[Merriam-Webster]] family of [[Webster's Dictionary|dictionaries]].
'''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 drew attention 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>▼
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 web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-08/features/ct-tribu-words-work-love-20120208_1_love-definition-ww |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''}}</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. |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824050025/http://www.brainchildmag.com/essays/fall2007_stamper.asp |archivedate=August 24, 2011 }}</ref>▼
==Early life==
Stamper was educated at [[Smith College]], where she undertook an interdisciplinary major that involved studying [[Latin]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Old English]], [[Old Norse|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 in medieval studies, with a focus on language & literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Word-Secret-Life-Dictionaries/dp/110187094X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470846299&sr=1-1&keywords=kory+stamper|title=Amazon}}</ref>
==Career==
Her first book, ''Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries'', was released 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>▼
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▲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 web| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-08/features/ct-tribu-words-work-love-20120208_1_love-definition-ww |accessdate=2012-06-06|title=''Chicago Tribune''}}</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. |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824050025/http://www.brainchildmag.com/essays/fall2007_stamper.asp |archivedate=August 24, 2011 }}</ref>
===''Word by Word''===
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