Erin McKean

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Erin McKean (born 1971) is an American lexicographer. Erin is a founder and the CEO of the new 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 has written "The Word" column in The Boston Globe during times when Jan Freeman has been on leave.^[7]

[edit] External links

Biographies

• “Official biography” at Dictionary Evangelist
• McKean’s speaker profile for Wikimania 2007 Taipei
• McKean’s biography as member of the Wikimedia Advisory Board
• McKean’s biography at Stokefire

Blogs

• A Dress A Day
• Dictionary Evangelist
• McKean’s posts at Powells.com

Talks

• Video of a speech by Erin McKean at Google
• TED Talks: Erin McKean redefines the dictionary at TED in 2007

Profiles and interviews

• New York Times: “In Land of Lexicons, Having the Last Word”
• Chat at Wordsmith.org
• NPR: “Googling for New Words”
• iCommons: "A word or two with Erin McKean"
• Portfolio.com: "A Woman of Many Words"

Other

• Verbatim magazine
• Wordnik, an online dictionary that aims to collect all the words

[edit] References

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1. ^ "Christian Science Monitor". 2009-03-16. http://features.csmonitor.com/backstory/2009/03/16/new-online-dictionary-redefines-look-it-up/. 
2. ^ "Credo Reference". http://corp.credoreference.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2249&Itemid=30. 
3. ^ Erin McKean, ed (May 2005,). The New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 2051. ISBN 0195170776. 
4. ^ "["http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/behind_the_deal/exclusive_interview_how_erin_mckean_sold_her_blogbased_book_99973.asp How Erin McKean Sold Her Blog-Based Book]". MediaBistro. 2008-11-07. "http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/behind_the_deal/exclusive_interview_how_erin_mckean_sold_her_blogbased_book_99973.asp. 
5. ^ Wikimedia Foundation contributors (2009-02-26). "Advisory Board - Wikimedia Foundation". Wikimedia Foundation. http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Board&oldid=38606#Erin_McKean. Retrieved on 2009-03-20. 
6. ^ "Credo Reference". http://corp.credoreference.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2249&Itemid=30. 
7. ^ [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/03/chillax/ Chillax If it works like a word, just use it.]

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NAME	McKean, Erin
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lexicographer, dictionary editor
DATE OF BIRTH	1971
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DATE OF DEATH
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