Erin McKean

Erin McKean (born 1971) is an American lexicographer, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Early life and education

McKean was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA/MA in Linguistics. As an undergraduate, she worked in a junior capacity on the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary. McKean has also served on the Visiting Committee to the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library and helped organize a dictionary-themed exhibit, The Meaning of Dictionaries, there in 2007.

Career

McKean is a founder of Reverb, which makes the online dictionary Wordnik. She was previously the editor in chief of US Dictionaries for Oxford University Press and Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition. McKean is the author of seven books:

Weird and Wonderful Words (illustrated by Roz Chast, with an introduction by Simon Winchester, Oxford, 2002)

More Weird and Wonderful Words (illustrated by Danny Shanahan), Oxford, 2003)

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words (Oxford, 2006)

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You Mustn't Kick It Around

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I have the worst apprehension
That you don't crave my attention
But I can't force you to change your taste
If you don't care to be nice, dear
Just give me air, but not ice, dear
Don't let a good fellow go to waste
For this little sin that you commit at leisure
You'll repent in haste
If my heart gets in your hair
You mustn't kick it around
If you're bored with this affair
You mustn't kick it around
Even though I'm mild and meek
When we have a brawl
If I turn the other cheek
You mustn't kick it at all
When I try to ring the bell
You never care for the sound
The next guy may not do as well
You mustn't kick it around
If my heart gets in your hair
You mustn't kick it around
If you're bored with this affair
You mustn't kick it around
Even though I'm mild and meek
When we have a brawl
If I turn the other cheek
You mustn't kick it at all
When I try to ring the bell
You never care for the sound
The next guy may not do as well

Erin McKean

Early life and education

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