Dictionaries don’t just write themselves, you know. And lexicographers have some pretty cool tricks to do what they do.

How do they spot new words? And how can their definitions influence our lives?

We’re talking to lexicographer Jane Solomon on this episode of Talk the Talk.

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Promo with Rewi Lyall, 2018-06-05: Emoji Definitions

Daniel and Rewi chat ahead of the show. Dictionary.com now includes definitions for emojis. So what does 🙃 mean?

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Dictionary makers have to make some tough choices. How do they track new words and new senses? How do they decide what goes in — and out? And what happens when they feel the need to editorialise? We’ll look at the women who are the unsung heroes of dictionaries, how dictionary definitions can validate identities, and even Jane’s favourite word.

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Show notes

What does 🙃 mean?
http://www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/upside-down-face-emoji/

Korea’s other summit: K-pop album tops US charts for first time
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/28/bts-k-pop-album-billboard-charts-us-love-yourself-tear

South Korean boy band BTS top US album charts in K-pop first
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/south-korean-boy-band-bts-top-us-album-charts-in-kpop-first-36952752.html

English is no longer the default language of American pop
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/31/bts-love-yourself-kpop-us-charts-changing-american-culture-reggaetron

More US Students Learning Korean
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/more-us-students-learning-korean/2732095.html

Way More College Students Are Studying Korean. Is ‘Hallyu’ The Reason?
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/04/03/397263103/way-more-college-students-are-studying-korean-is-hallyu-why

Korean-language classes are growing in popularity at U.S. colleges
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-korean-language-20150401-story.html

Simple Statistics: Gangnam Style Will Be First Video To Hit 1 Billion Views
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/10/28/simple-statistics-gangnam-style-will-be-first-video-to-hit-1-billion-views/

Nouns slow down our speech
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180514151926.htm

Why Nouns Slow Us Down, and Why Linguistics Might Be in a Bubble
https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/why-nouns-slow-us-down-and-why-linguistics-might-be-in-a-bubble

Seifart et al: Nouns slow down speech across structurally and culturally diverse languages
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/05/09/1800708115

Are there more nouns or adjectives?
https://www.quora.com/Are-there-more-nouns-or-adjectives/answer/Orion-Montoya

A Major Dictionary Has Officially Added Emoji
http://time.com/5186512/emoji-dictionary/

Twitter: Dictionary.com
https://twitter.com/Dictionarycom

Never thought a dictionary would throw some top tier shade

— Rafael (@w0dinga) 1 June 2018

Dictionary.com: feminism
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/feminism

Hobart to be offered new Aboriginal name in act of reconciliation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-30/hobart-offered-new-aboriginal-name/9812664

Hobart should adopt dual Aboriginal name nipaluna passed on by leader Wurati, community says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-30/hobart-aboriginal-name-suggested-as-nipaluna/9815422

What is National Reconciliation Week?
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/explainer/what-national-reconciliation-week

palawa kani, the only Aboriginal language in lutruwita today
http://tacinc.com.au/programs/palawa-kani/

Scripps National Spelling Bee 2018: Karthik Nemmani wins with ‘koinonia’
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-sports/news/scripps-national-spelling-bee-2018-highlights-results-winning-word-eliminations/1bfuwpxdr3r2s1v19lp8ocuz9v

Scripps National Spelling Bee is like an academic version of the Hunger Games
https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/scripps-national-spelling-bee-is-like-an-academic-version-of-the-hunger-games/news-story/21eadfaba00aa97218a7409d99f7497c

Wiktionary: koinonia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/koinonia

Etymonline: koinonia (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/koinonia

How Queer Eye is refashioning the English language
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-26/how-queer-eye-refashioned-the-english-language/9692578

ABC Style Guide: zhoosh
http://about.abc.net.au/abc-editorial/the-abc-style-guide/#Z

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