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
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English language, Dictionaries, Language, Political science, Politicians, Politics and government, Slang, English language, political aspects, English language, slang, dictionaries, Political aspects, Political science, dictionaries, Politicians, united states, United states, politics and government, dictionaries, Usage, Amerikaans, Anglais (Langue), Anglais (langue), Argot, Aspect politique, Dictionnaire, Dictionnaires, Dictionnaires anglais, English language, dictionaries, English language, grammar, English language, rhetoricID Numbers
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