Grant Barrett

Grant Barrett (born 1970) is an American lexicographer, specializing in slang, jargon and new usage. He is the editor of the "Official Dictionary of Unofficial English" (McGraw-Hill, 2006, ISBN 0071458042), the "Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang" (Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0195176855), and the award-winning web site Double-Tongued Dictionary. In January 2007, he became the new co-host of the national public radio show "A Way With Words". He is also the vice president of communications and technology for the American Dialect Society and a member of the editorial review board for the academic journal American Speech.

External links

* [http://www.grantbarrett.com/ Personal weblog, The Lexicographer's Rules]
* [http://www.waywordradio.org/?p=6 Grant Barrett's bio on the A Way with Words web site]
* [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/guide/ Bio on Double-Tongued Dictionary]
* [http://www.americandialect.org. American Dialect Society]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E6DC113CF93AA25750C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times article]