DSNA 26 CFP and revised dates: The 26th Biennial Meeting of the Dictionary Society of North America at the University of California, Davis will now be held a week later than first announced, from June 23–26, 2027. Further details and CFP: dictionarysociety.com/dsna26-in-da...

You are invited to GenLex, an online lecture series for and by the next generation of (historical) lexicographers! Opening event on 30 October at 6pm CET: blogs.helsinki.fi/hellex-socie... #hellexsoc #lexicography

Many thanks to Leah Mandel and The Creative Independent for this great interview about research, Old English, sounds, and lexicography that nonetheless ends right where I needed it to today. thecreativeindependent.com/people/autho...

Peter Sokolowski@petersokolowski.bsky.social · 3w ago

A rare local talk! Walking distance from the @merriam-webster.com offices... springfieldmuseums.org/program/crea...

I'm thrilled to announce my upcoming book: BY DEFINITION: The Surprising History of the English Dictionary To be published in February! read.macmillan.com/lp/by-defini...

How many varieties of English do you speak? 🌍 From Bermudian 'hamma' and Trinidadian 'douen' to Ethiopian 'berbere', New Zealand 'hospo', and Welsh English 'now in a minute', the OED's September 2026 update celebrates English as it's spoken around the world. oxford.ly/4cTGYXs

Applications due tomorrow, October 1!

Dictionary Society of North America@dictionarysoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DSNA Project Grants #CFP In 2027, DSNA will award small grants to support practical or scholarly lexicographic projects by independent researchers, #dictionary makers, and early-career scholars. Info & how to apply: dictionarysociety.com/2027-project... Applications are due October 1, 2026.

Big news: LSA membership is getting more equitable. October 1, dues will be income-based -- so your capacity to pay determines what you pay. More linguists, more voices, more community – no questions asked. Join or renew today! www.lsadc.org/membership   #LinguisticsCommunity #LSA #MembershipEquity

Submit your nominations for 2026 word-of-the-year: bit.ly/WOTYNOMS2026 You can make as many nominations as you want between now and New Year’s Eve. Winners will be picked live at our annual meeting in January. Will your pick be the next slop, rawdog, or enshittification? Only time will tell!

Boston area word nerds: tomorrow in Newton! newtonfreelibrary.libcal.com/event/16512418

Creating an Icon: The Making of the New Collegiate Dictionary

With its deep red cover, bull’s-eye logo and signature thumb notches, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is an American icon. It’s the bestselling hardcover book after the...

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#CWOTY26 ALERT! We are once again calling on our Canadian community to come together and decide which word defined Canada in 2026. Have your say by submitting your nomination for CWOTY26 (Canadian Word of the Year 2026): ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

JohnsonsDictionaryOnline.com is currently offline following a malware attack. UCF's IT security team is working on remediation, but we don't yet know when the site will be restored. Updates will be posted here as we have them. Apologies for the inconvenience!

webstersdictionaryonline.com is currently offline following a malware attack. UCF's IT security team is working on remediation, but we don't yet know when the site will be restored. Updates will be posted here as we have them. Apologies for the inconvenience!

TL;DR: once the Reformation established that the Bible should be read at home, and in the home language... people needed dictionaries!

Jim Wald@citizenwald.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Seminar in the History of the Book off to a great start with Peter Sokolowski Peter Sokolowski of Merriam-Webster characteristically captivating talk: 'A Tale of Two Dictionaries: The First Vernacular Lexicography in England and France' www.umass.edu/renais...

Today's antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "farside", for the non-Earth-facing side of the Moon (often as a placename), from 1958 to 1949. Plus the usual cleanup. sfdictionary.com/view/1591/fa...

Started a new dictionary project? Published a book or article? Or have any other news of interest to DSNA members? Email dsna.membernews@gmail.com by Oct 25 and we'll include your news in the member news section of the DSNA newsletter.

Started a new dictionary project? Published a book or article? Or have any other news of interest to DSNA members? Email dsna.membernews@gmail.com by Oct 25 and we'll include your news in the member news section of the DSNA newsletter.

"a public strumpet" was Samuel Johnson's definition about 25% of Webster's big 1828 dictionary was from Johnson, but "a public strumpet, a mere hireling" is word-for-word from Entick's 1791 dictionary, primary source for Webster Entick was looking at Johnson's 'Dictionary'

Noah Webster's Dictionary Online - 1806, 1828@nwdictionary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Prostitute, n. a public strumpet, a mere hireling webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00269

New words just dropped. www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/new...

1,400 New Words and Definitions Added to Merriam-Webster.com

Including vibe coding, yacht rock, parasocial, and Mandela Effect

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US #dictionary adds 1,400 words, including neckbeard, trash panda and cuffing season www.bbc.com/news/article... via @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social #langsky

Merriam-Webster dictionary adds 1,400 words, including trash panda

Trash panda, crashout, Rickroll, vibe coding and Sunday scaries are among the 1,400 new words added to Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

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Percy James Philip (1886–1956) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...

Two weeks remaining to apply for a DSNA project grant!

Dictionary Society of North America@dictionarysoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DSNA Project Grants #CFP In 2027, DSNA will award small grants to support practical or scholarly lexicographic projects by independent researchers, #dictionary makers, and early-career scholars. Info & how to apply: dictionarysociety.com/2027-project... Applications are due October 1, 2026.

DSNA Project Grants #CFP In 2027, DSNA will award small grants to support practical or scholarly lexicographic projects by independent researchers, #dictionary makers, and early-career scholars. Info & how to apply: dictionarysociety.com/2027-project... Applications are due October 1, 2026.

My book ‘The Making of the OED’ was published on 25 Aug 2016, so I have missed the exact 10th anniversary; but I don’t care. I am going to indulge myself by quoting from the wonderful series of reviews I was lucky enough to get ten years ago. (Yes, I kept a file of them, of course I did.) 1/

Congratulations to Dr Stephen Turton @stephenturton.bsky.social who has been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant for his project ENCOED, which will create a digital edition of the letters of James A. H. Murray, the first chief editor of the #OED. Find out more:

Dr Stephen Turton awarded ERC Starting Grant for project on James Murray and the OED

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🔎 Built a corpus, dictionary, lexical database, or language tool? Consider submitting your work for the Adam Kilgarriff Prize by 30 September. #CorpusLinguistics #DigitalHumanities #NLP kilgarriff.co.uk/prize/

Demonstrate commitment to success by purchasing bulk student memberships! The beginning of the academic year is the perfect time to show your department’s commitment to their success. Providing an LSA membership through the bulk student membership is cost-effective. www.surveymonkey.com/r/H3MDWFH

Another pair of #OEDMakers (though in a very modest way): James Edgerton Learned (1839–1902) and Dwight Whitney Learned (1848–1943). Here’s a piece about them. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNAmembers and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...

The August Separated by a Common Newsletter is here! Some truly ace videos and article links, a bit on nouning verbs, and why I made a pilgrimage to a Lincolnshire cinema... lynneguist.substack.com/p/your-invit...

Your invite to linguisticking

This time: nouny invites, Unwinese, American r’s, the Kinema in the Woods and more

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We are pleased to finally announce… 📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027 Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027 CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap... Deadline: 8th January 2027 🔗 All links in bio 🔁 please share widely! #CL2027

#CL2027 - Call for Papers

Adaptation and Adaptability in Corpus Linguistics

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