Dr. Jennifer Hurd
@jenniferhurd.bsky.social
Editor and lexicographer at the OED. DPhil from Oxford: women's voices in Old Norse-Icelandic poetry. Sometimes stage manager, lighting designer, dancer, stage combatant. All views are my own. 🇨🇦in🇬🇧
Need to swing by the dep to pick up some milk? Have memories of acquiring many, many duotangs for the start of school?
Duotang, pharmacare, Chiac, dep, and advance poll are among this quarter's additions to the OED - among others: www.oed.com/discover/new...
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Duotang, pharmacare, Chiac, dep, and advance poll are among this quarter's additions to the OED - among others: www.oed.com/discover/new...
#canada #canadianenglish #lexicography
New words from around the world in the OED June 2025 update
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June 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Need to swing by the dep to pick up some milk? Have memories of acquiring many, many duotangs for the start of school?
Duotang, pharmacare, Chiac, dep, and advance poll are among this quarter's additions to the OED - among others: www.oed.com/discover/new...
#canada #canadianenglish #lexicography
Duotang, pharmacare, Chiac, dep, and advance poll are among this quarter's additions to the OED - among others: www.oed.com/discover/new...
#canada #canadianenglish #lexicography
If you are anywhere near London and would like to be distracted from the state of the world for a few blissful hours, may I thoroughly recommend the current production of Much Ado about Nothing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane? Shakespearean comedy at its finest: I have not laughed so hard in months.
March 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you are anywhere near London and would like to be distracted from the state of the world for a few blissful hours, may I thoroughly recommend the current production of Much Ado about Nothing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane? Shakespearean comedy at its finest: I have not laughed so hard in months.
Problems in historical lexicography: how many recipe clippings is too many when you are working on a word related to French patisserie?
February 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Problems in historical lexicography: how many recipe clippings is too many when you are working on a word related to French patisserie?
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Happy 141st anniversary of the publication of the first fascicle (A–ANT) of _A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles_, later to be known at the Oxford English #Dictionary (OED).
February 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Happy 141st anniversary of the publication of the first fascicle (A–ANT) of _A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles_, later to be known at the Oxford English #Dictionary (OED).
This is a bit belated, but the good folks at the OED asked me to write about some of the new words we added this past quarter (so of course I had to write about TTRPG terms, baking, mystery novels, and systems for organizing books): www.oed.com/discover/the...
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January 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is a bit belated, but the good folks at the OED asked me to write about some of the new words we added this past quarter (so of course I had to write about TTRPG terms, baking, mystery novels, and systems for organizing books): www.oed.com/discover/the...
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Hurd
"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire.
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Oathbreakers
The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that wou...
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November 17, 2024 at 3:38 PM
"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire.
SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1
SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1
I feel like I know some people who might have strong opinions on this one: Oxford University Press is once again asking for public input to help choose the Oxford 2024 Word of the Year. Romantasy? Demure? Dynamic pricing? Brain rot? Slop? Or lore? You can vote here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
Oxford Word of the Year 2024 - Oxford University Press
Voting is now open for Oxford Word of the Year 2024! Have your say and vote for your favourite word before voting closes on Thursday 28 November.
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November 14, 2024 at 4:09 PM
I feel like I know some people who might have strong opinions on this one: Oxford University Press is once again asking for public input to help choose the Oxford 2024 Word of the Year. Romantasy? Demure? Dynamic pricing? Brain rot? Slop? Or lore? You can vote here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
Day in the life of a #lexicographer: let's investigate a new sense that's been suggested. (Some research later.) Oh, wait, turns out there are three other senses of this word - all of which are earlier than the sense I was meant to be working on, and none of which we have yet. Right, best get to it!
April 15, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Day in the life of a #lexicographer: let's investigate a new sense that's been suggested. (Some research later.) Oh, wait, turns out there are three other senses of this word - all of which are earlier than the sense I was meant to be working on, and none of which we have yet. Right, best get to it!
Do I know anyone with a science background who also likes the history of words? My colleagues in the Science team on the OED are looking for a freelance researcher: languages.oup.com/lexicographi...
Vacancy: Lexicographical Science Researcher, freelance | Oxford Languages
The Oxford English Dictionary is looking for a freelancer researcher with a scientific background to add quotation evidence to dictionary entries. Learn more about the role and apply now!
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March 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Do I know anyone with a science background who also likes the history of words? My colleagues in the Science team on the OED are looking for a freelance researcher: languages.oup.com/lexicographi...
One of the best things about my job is routinely uncovering old words that are new to me. And even on holiday, I will read something and go, 'Ooo, that's fun, I wonder if we have an entry for that?' This week's latest: zawn, which is used in Cornwall for a fissure or cave in a coastal cliff.
December 20, 2023 at 9:23 PM
One of the best things about my job is routinely uncovering old words that are new to me. And even on holiday, I will read something and go, 'Ooo, that's fun, I wonder if we have an entry for that?' This week's latest: zawn, which is used in Cornwall for a fissure or cave in a coastal cliff.