Erin McKean

If anything is guaranteed to annoy a lexicographer, it is the journalistic habit of starting a story with a dictionary definition.

American Editor

The work of lexicographers is academic and specialized, often requiring knowledge of linguistics.

Academic Profession

Lexicographers are considered authority figures on the words included in a dictionary.

Dictionary Expert

Being a lexicographer requires attention to detail in researching and defining word meanings.

Detail Oriented

 “Dictionary:” noun, “a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.” “Lexicographer:” noun, “a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge.”

How to get a word added...

 I'm a lexicographer. I make dictionaries. And my job as a lexicographer is to try to put all the words possible into the dictionary.