\ lek-suh-KAH-gruh-fee \ , noun;
1.The writing or compiling of dictionaries; the editing or making of dictionaries.
2.The principles and practices applied to writing dictionaries.
Lexicographers must drink a lot of espresso. I would love to meet one. I almost wrote ‘marry one’, but I think that might get a little frustrating. I’d write a cute little note to put on the coffee pot in the morning, and I’d come home from work and it’d have red ink on my mistake. Not romantic at all.
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