Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, told us what criteria a word needs to meet in order to be added to the dictionary. Following is a transcript of the video.
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A Merriam-Webster editor reveals how words are added to the dictionary
Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster, told us what criteria a word needs to meet in order to be added to the dictionary.
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