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Kory Stamper

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Kory Stamper is a lexicographer (that is, a writer and editor of dictionaries) who worked for nearly two decades at Merriam-Webster (the dictionary). She has traveled around the world giving talks and lectures on language and lexicography. Her writing has appeared in a number of publications, including The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times, and she cussed on the TV for fun and profit in Netflix's "The History of Swear Words." A medievalist by training, she knows a number of languages, most of them dead. She drinks more coffee and owns more dictionaries than is good for anyone.
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The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

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    • Word by Word

    • The Secret Life of Dictionaries
    • Written by: Kory Stamper
    • Narrated by: Kory Stamper
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2017-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 11 ratings

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    • True Color

    • The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink
    • Written by: Kory Stamper
    • Narrated by: Kory Stamper
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 2026-03-31
    • Language: English
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