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Jesse Sheidlower

editor at large, Oxford English Dictionary
Jesse Sheidlower is editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary. Recognized as one of the foremost authorities on obscenity in English, he has written about language for The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Slate, and Esquire, as well as American Speech and The Journal of English Linguistics.
Image of The F-Word
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages
Image of Jesse's Word of the Day: www.jessesword.com
Author: Jesse Sheidlower
Publisher: Random House Reference (1998)
Binding: Paperback, pages
Author: Jesse Sheidlower
Publisher: William Morrow & Co (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, pages
Image of The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover
Author: William F. Buckley Jr., Jesse Sheidlower, William F. Buckley Jr.
Publisher: Harvest Books (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 176 pages
Image of Concise Oxford English Dictionary: 11th Edition Revised 2008
Author: Oxford Dictionaries
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 1728 pages