The Dictionary Today: Word of the Year and Picking a Good One

From paper to app: word-of-the-year machinery, new-word drops, Māori and Canadian English entering the OED, and how to choose — or use — the dictionary you actually own.

Playlist by @birth_of_dictionary

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Which English Dictionary is Best for You? - We Reviewed 9 Popular Online Dictionaries — Oxford Online English
2. How to Use a Dictionary — Merriam-Webster
3. Lost For Words | How Brexit Ruined The Oxford English Dictionary — The Quite Interesting Channel
4. 10 Words Added To The Dictionary In 2022 Explained — Name Explain
5. Dozens of Māori and New Zealand words added to Oxford English Dictionary – BBC News — BBC News
6. Meet the Ontario linguist bringing Canadian English to the Oxford Dictionary — CBC News: The National
7. 2018 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes — Merriam-Webster
8. Omnishambles: Oxford Dictionaries UK Word of the Year 2012 — Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)
9. The Evolution of Merriam-Webster's Most Looked-Up Word — Slate
10. A Deep Dive into the Oxford English Dictionary — Fluent English with Lady Giraffe
11. Using the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) — LesleyLibrary
12. 08: People who make dictionaries - Review of WORD BY WORD by lexicographer Kory Stamper — Lingthusiasm