| Erin McKean |
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| Nationality |
American |
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Lexicographer |
Erin McKean (born 1971) is an American lexicographer. Erin is a founder and the CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik.[1][2] She was previously the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition.[3] McKean is also the editor of Verbatim: The Language Quarterly and the author of Weird and Wonderful Words, More Weird and Wonderful Words, Totally Weird and Wonderful Words, and That’s Amore. She has a novel, The Secret Lives of Dresses, coming out from Grand Central.[4] She writes about dresses in her blog, A Dress A Day, and about lexicography at Dictionary Evangelist. She is currently a member of the advisory board of the Wikimedia Foundation[5] and of Credo Reference.[6] She frequently writes the "The Word" column in The Boston Globe.[7]
McKean has formulated 'McKean's law', a variation on Murphy's law: "Any correction of the speech or writing of others will contain at least one grammatical, spelling, or typographical error."[8]
References [edit]
- ^ "Christian Science Monitor". 2009-03-16.
- ^ "Credo Reference".
- ^ Erin McKean, ed. (May 2005,). The New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 2051. ISBN 0-19-517077-6.
- ^ "How Erin McKean Sold Her Blog-Based Book". MediaBistro. 2008-11-07.
- ^ Wikimedia Foundation contributors (2009-02-26). "Advisory Board – Wikimedia Foundation". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ "Credo Reference".
- ^ Chillax – If it works like a word, just use it. Boston Globe 2008-08-03
- ^ "A word to the wise". (12 August 2008). The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), pp. A14.
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McKean, Erin |
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| Short description |
Lexicographer, dictionary editor |
| Date of birth |
1971 |
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