frowned, then looked at his watch.' should presumably say Mr Lloyd (or at least Arthur). But these are minor points of pedantry. I loved Boatman's cryptic clues, learning words and the believable way the lexicographers used and thought in words they had once worked on. Hopes there will be a third.
September 29, 2026 at 9:02 PM
frowned, then looked at his watch.' should presumably say Mr Lloyd (or at least Arthur). But these are minor points of pedantry. I loved Boatman's cryptic clues, learning words and the believable way the lexicographers used and thought in words they had once worked on. Hopes there will be a third.
Everything is ready for the first day of #EURALEX! 🎉
The XXII EURALEX International Congress 2026 is taking place at the @oeaw.bsky.social and will focus on Lexicography in the age of AI. We are looking forward to welcoming an international community of lexicographers in Vienna!
The XXII EURALEX International Congress 2026 is taking place at the @oeaw.bsky.social and will focus on Lexicography in the age of AI. We are looking forward to welcoming an international community of lexicographers in Vienna!
September 29, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Everything is ready for the first day of #EURALEX! 🎉
The XXII EURALEX International Congress 2026 is taking place at the @oeaw.bsky.social and will focus on Lexicography in the age of AI. We are looking forward to welcoming an international community of lexicographers in Vienna!
The XXII EURALEX International Congress 2026 is taking place at the @oeaw.bsky.social and will focus on Lexicography in the age of AI. We are looking forward to welcoming an international community of lexicographers in Vienna!
Guilty by Definition by Suzie Dent. Set in and around a group of lexicographers who edit a dictionary, written by a lexicographer. Deep insight to words and a mystery that kept me on my toes.
September 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Guilty by Definition by Suzie Dent. Set in and around a group of lexicographers who edit a dictionary, written by a lexicographer. Deep insight to words and a mystery that kept me on my toes.
jd vance is the literal embodiment of gobshite. Irish English lexicographers need to get on this.
September 25, 2026 at 12:46 PM
jd vance is the literal embodiment of gobshite. Irish English lexicographers need to get on this.
Next week I’ll be at EURALEX Vienna to present the DICI-A, a learner dictionary of Italian collocations. I am very pleased to present our work to many colleague lexicographers
@ireneeffe.bsky.social
#dictionary
#collocations
#Italian
👉 EURALEX: euralex2026.at/en/
👉 DICI-A: lnkd.in/dCt2bWYg
@ireneeffe.bsky.social
#dictionary
#collocations
#Italian
👉 EURALEX: euralex2026.at/en/
👉 DICI-A: lnkd.in/dCt2bWYg
September 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Next week I’ll be at EURALEX Vienna to present the DICI-A, a learner dictionary of Italian collocations. I am very pleased to present our work to many colleague lexicographers
@ireneeffe.bsky.social
#dictionary
#collocations
#Italian
👉 EURALEX: euralex2026.at/en/
👉 DICI-A: lnkd.in/dCt2bWYg
@ireneeffe.bsky.social
#dictionary
#collocations
#Italian
👉 EURALEX: euralex2026.at/en/
👉 DICI-A: lnkd.in/dCt2bWYg
Current leader scores 81: a competent neologism that fits its definition with slight awkwardness. Surely, dear lexicographers, someone can surpass it? The challenge is set.
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-24
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-24
September 24, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Current leader scores 81: a competent neologism that fits its definition with slight awkwardness. Surely, dear lexicographers, someone can surpass it? The challenge is set.
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-24
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-24
Hahahahahah the dictionary has been on one today. But that’s normal
September 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Hahahahahah the dictionary has been on one today. But that’s normal
I was interested and looked it up. It looks like this is not the case. From what I'm reading, most etymologists and lexicographers maintain that the phrase has no connection to slavery or racial slurs.
September 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I was interested and looked it up. It looks like this is not the case. From what I'm reading, most etymologists and lexicographers maintain that the phrase has no connection to slavery or racial slurs.
(The story of the AHD is fun, it was created by a nationalist magazine of the same name in reaction to Webster's 3rd, but the publisher hired competent lexicographers so it's actually a normal dictionary. And they had a usage panel of famous writers to weigh in on disputes over word choice.)
September 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
(The story of the AHD is fun, it was created by a nationalist magazine of the same name in reaction to Webster's 3rd, but the publisher hired competent lexicographers so it's actually a normal dictionary. And they had a usage panel of famous writers to weigh in on disputes over word choice.)
"𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬"
At Language Technologies and Digital Humanities conference, Anna Vacalopoulou showed that there are ample opportunities for lexicographers in the age of AI: dictionaries and LLMs can inform each other. Lexicographers are key players in creating quality data.
At Language Technologies and Digital Humanities conference, Anna Vacalopoulou showed that there are ample opportunities for lexicographers in the age of AI: dictionaries and LLMs can inform each other. Lexicographers are key players in creating quality data.
September 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
"𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬"
At Language Technologies and Digital Humanities conference, Anna Vacalopoulou showed that there are ample opportunities for lexicographers in the age of AI: dictionaries and LLMs can inform each other. Lexicographers are key players in creating quality data.
At Language Technologies and Digital Humanities conference, Anna Vacalopoulou showed that there are ample opportunities for lexicographers in the age of AI: dictionaries and LLMs can inform each other. Lexicographers are key players in creating quality data.
I looked up "idiot" in the Heritage American Dictionary and sure enough, there he was!
Lexicographers sure are tough – they don't let anybody else define them.
Lexicographers sure are tough – they don't let anybody else define them.
September 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I looked up "idiot" in the Heritage American Dictionary and sure enough, there he was!
Lexicographers sure are tough – they don't let anybody else define them.
Lexicographers sure are tough – they don't let anybody else define them.
“Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary.
September 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
“Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary.
One for our national lexicographers to consider @ozworders.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
One for our national lexicographers to consider @ozworders.bsky.social
The programme features a rich selection of presentations & posters, plus two keynotes:
🎙️ Digital Ghosts: Communicating Absence, Loss, and Uncertainty in Humanities Data
🎙️ LLMs as Lexicographers: Who Needs Dictionaries When AI Knows Everything?
🎙️ Digital Ghosts: Communicating Absence, Loss, and Uncertainty in Humanities Data
🎙️ LLMs as Lexicographers: Who Needs Dictionaries When AI Knows Everything?
September 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The programme features a rich selection of presentations & posters, plus two keynotes:
🎙️ Digital Ghosts: Communicating Absence, Loss, and Uncertainty in Humanities Data
🎙️ LLMs as Lexicographers: Who Needs Dictionaries When AI Knows Everything?
🎙️ Digital Ghosts: Communicating Absence, Loss, and Uncertainty in Humanities Data
🎙️ LLMs as Lexicographers: Who Needs Dictionaries When AI Knows Everything?
On page 261 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
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Death Writ Large (The Clarendon Lexicographers, #2)
A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown's residen…
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September 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
On page 261 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
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www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
If one wants to talk about the meaning of words we would encourage one to divert the attention to etymology rather than turning to Dictionaries. Dictionaries are a catalog of contemporary usage as tracked by lexicographers, but etymology gives you the known (and argued) origins and root meanings.
September 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
If one wants to talk about the meaning of words we would encourage one to divert the attention to etymology rather than turning to Dictionaries. Dictionaries are a catalog of contemporary usage as tracked by lexicographers, but etymology gives you the known (and argued) origins and root meanings.
No, dictionaries don't exist to impose one philosophical definition. Lexicographers analyze real-world usage and use descriptive lexicography, meaning they record how words are actually used. Multiple established senses clarify usage. They don't make a word meaningless.
September 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
No, dictionaries don't exist to impose one philosophical definition. Lexicographers analyze real-world usage and use descriptive lexicography, meaning they record how words are actually used. Multiple established senses clarify usage. They don't make a word meaningless.
On page 202 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
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Death Writ Large (The Clarendon Lexicographers, #2)
A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown's residen…
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September 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
On page 202 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
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On page 114 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
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Death Writ Large (The Clarendon Lexicographers, #2)
A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown's residen…
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September 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
On page 114 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
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A term has eclipsed all others in our twilight contest, embodying the echoes of forsaken browsers. Dare you, my fellow lexicographers, conjure a word more haunting?
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-08
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-08
September 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM
A term has eclipsed all others in our twilight contest, embodying the echoes of forsaken browsers. Dare you, my fellow lexicographers, conjure a word more haunting?
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-08
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-08
All the lexicographers I know have really failed in bringing this meme to light.
September 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
All the lexicographers I know have really failed in bringing this meme to light.
On page 32 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
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Death Writ Large (The Clarendon Lexicographers, #2)
A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown's residen…
www.goodreads.com
September 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
On page 32 of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
That's why we need the lexicographers. Someone already knows this, or knows the person who does!
September 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
That's why we need the lexicographers. Someone already knows this, or knows the person who does!
86 points! It cuts like a hairpin turn in a Luge run, doesn't it? Scooter agrees—too sharp for a haircut, maybe? Try to top that velocity, lexicographers! I dare you to find better!
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-07
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-07
September 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
86 points! It cuts like a hairpin turn in a Luge run, doesn't it? Scooter agrees—too sharp for a haircut, maybe? Try to top that velocity, lexicographers! I dare you to find better!
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-07
#ThisNeedsAWord
https://wordifygame.com?d=2026-09-07