lexicographer
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Scientists may measure wavelengths and lexicographers may parse meanings, but the world people see and speak about is always changing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Scrabble’s new list of approved words in tournaments adds a few that lexicographers say aren’t actually valid words at all—and elite players are mortified.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2023
"Dictionaries and lexicographers led the way in the early days of computer science and humanities computing. "
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023
For the first time this year’s winning phrase was chosen by public vote, from among three finalists selected by Oxford Languages lexicographers: goblin mode, metaverse and the hashtag IStandWith.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022
The rules of standard English are not legislated by a tribunal of lexicographers but emerge as an implicit consensus within a virtual community of writers, readers, and editors.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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