4 Matches for Grant Barrett from Brooklyn, New York, USA

Grant A. Barrett Age 49

Brooklyn, NY | New York, NY | Astoria, NY

Also known as: GrantBarrett

Grant Barrett lives in Brooklyn, NY. Other places in which he has lived are New York, NY; Astoria, NY; Columbia, MO and Troy, MO. He is a 2001 graduate of Columbia University. Companies in which he has a work history include Oxford University Press, Project Editor, Radio Host and Lexicographer. Positions he has held include Editor. Grant a big fan of Fado and Frou Frou. Some of Grant family members are Lee H Barrett, Gregory Barrett, Christine Louise Barrett, Janice Inglis, Leslie D Barrett and Michael Charles Inglis.

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Grant Barrett Age 49

Brooklyn, NY | San Diego, CA | San Mateo, CA

Also known as: monickels

I have co-hosted the language-related public radio show A Way with Words since October It is broadcast nationwide via radio, streaming, and podcast to hundreds of thousands of listeners every week. I am also an American lexicographer and dictionary editor, including the Official Dictionary of Unofficial English (, McGraw-Hill), the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang (, Oxford University Press), and the online Double-Tongued Dictionary, which tracks slang, jargon, and neologisms from the fringes of English. I am a co-founder and former editorial director of Wordnik.com, an online dictionary. Besides being widely quoted in the media, I write about language for such newspapers as the Washington Post and the New York Times, have contributed to the British book series The Language Report, and am a public speaker about dictionaries and slang. I also write a fortnightly column about English-language slang for the .-million-circulation Malaysia Star and have worked as a business and music journalist. I serve as vice president of the American Dialect Society, an academic organization devoted since to the study of English in North America. I am also a member of the journals editorial board and help organize the societys annual word of the year vote. I am a member of the Dictionary Society of North America and the Linguistic Society of America. I hold a degree in French from Columbia University and have studied at the Universit Paris Diderot. I was an editor of the four-volume Historical Dictionary of American Slang (-, Oxford University Press) and have contributed as a lexicographer to other dictionaries for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Collins. I also serve as marketing manager for the San Diego Museum of Man. Specialties Lexicography, broadcasting, language, slang, new words, neologisms, radio hosting, emceeing, interviewing, compiling dictionaries, managing lexical projects, building online communities, conducting primary research, writing, editing, news writing and editing, journalism, user experience, online marketing, online promotions, newspapers, freelancing, fact-checking, proofing, copy-editing public speaking on slang, new words, language change, and dictionaries.

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Grant A. Barrett Age 49

Astoria, NY | Columbia, MO | Troy, MO

Grant Barrett lives in Astoria, NY. Other places in which Grant has lived are Columbia, MO; Troy, MO; Brooklyn, NY and New York, NY. Grant is related to Lee H Barrett, Christine Louise Barrett, Janice Inglis and Leslie D Barrett.

Grant H. Barrett Age 59

Brooklyn, NY | Seatac, WA | Seattle, WA

Grant Barrett lives in Brooklyn, New York. Other places in which Grant has lived are Seatac, Washington and Seattle, Washington.