Grant Barrett
Also known as
Grant BarrettBarrett, GrantGrant Barrett American lexicographer
Grant Barrett (born 1970) is an American lexicographer, specializing in slang, jargon and new usage, and the author and compiler of language-related books and dictionaries. He is a co-host and co-producer of the American weekly, hour-long public radio show and podcast A Way with Words.[1][2] He has made regular appearances on Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio,[3] is often consulted as a language commentator, and has written for The New York Times and The Washington Post, and served as a lexicographer for Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. -Wikipedia
Born 1970-02-01
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- Open LibraryOL1436412A
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- ISNI0000000058861533
Top Subjects
- English language -- Terms and phrases (1)
- English language -- New words -- Dictionaries (1)
- English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries (1)
Books by Grant Barrett
Total count: 3
Hatchet Jobs and HardballThe Oxford Dictionary of American Political SlangOxford University Press, USA2004-08-24
The official dictionary of unofficial Englisha crunk omnibus for thrillionaires and bampots for the ecozoic ageMcGraw-Hill2006-01-01
Perfect English GrammarThe Indispensable Guide to Excellent Writing and SpeakingZephyros Press2016-03-29