Jesse Sheidlower

Jesse Sheidlower
Born
Long Island, New York[1]
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineLexicography
InstitutionsColumbia University
Notable worksThe F-Word, Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Websitejessesword.com

Jesse Sheidlower[a] (born August 5, 1968) is a lexicographer, editor, author, and programmer. He is past president of the American Dialect Society,[3] was the project editor of the Random House Dictionary of American Slang, and is the author of The F-Word, a history of the word "fuck"; he is also a former editor-at-large at the Oxford English Dictionary.[1][4] New York Magazine named him one of the 100 smartest people in New York, and he serves as a judge for the annual "literary-celeb-studded"[5] Council of Literary Magazines and Presses spelling bee. He is currently an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University.

Sheidlower was a language consultant for Amazon's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle, and in January 2021, he launched the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, a website tracing the origin of terms in science fiction literature.[6]

  1. ^ a b Scott, Janny (19 August 2000). "That All-English Dictionary Adds an All-American Coach". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ Midgley, Daniel; Skirgård, Hedvig; Ainslie, Ben (17 March 2021). "22: Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction (with Jesse Sheidlower)". Because Language (Podcast). 03:51 (first occurrence). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ Barrett, Ron (11 February 2017). "Move Over, Wikipedia. Dictionaries Are Hot Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ Saroyan, Strawberry (24 March 2005). "The new wave of lexicographers". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ^ Fradkin, Lori (31 October 2006). "'Village Voice'r Outspells Famous Novelists". New York Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  6. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (26 January 2021). "Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2021.


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