Bryan A. Garner @bryaneragarner.bsky.social Lexicographer, grammarian, lawyer, writer.
Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Demography nerd at Pew Research Center
Global religious change, sociology
That Word Chat @thatwordchat.bsky.social That Word Chat is an online chat show featuring people and things lexical, hosted by @editormark.bsky.social.
Website: thatwordchat.com
YouTube: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo
Dirk Elzinga @tukuvwi.bsky.social Linguist, knitter, clavichord enthusiast, fountain pen collector, inventor of languages (conlangs)
Strong Bad @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social CGNU founder, alum, and exiled drop-out
etymonline @etymonline.bsky.social Online Etymology Dictionary
AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com The AP Stylebook is widely used as a writing and editing reference in newsrooms, classrooms and corporate offices worldwide. We offer a full suite of products to help you stay in style, whether on your desktop, laptop, smartphone or tablet.
Dawn McIlvain Stahl @purplepenning.bsky.social Former copyeditor/writer for many fine folks and publications, current bookseller/social media editor for Hartfield Book Co., around the web as PurplePenning
Jeopardy! @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social Watch Pop Culture Jeopardy! on Netflix 🍿
Stream Jeopardy! on Hulu & Peacock 💙
APA Style @apastyle.bsky.social This official profile is maintained by experts at the American Psychological Association. We share tips about how to format a paper, create APA Style references in seventh edition (APA7), write with concise and bias-free language, and more.
apastyle.org
@radiohead.bsky.social @radiohead.bsky.social 
Sarah Grey @sarahgrey513.bsky.social Writer and editor
Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social Saturday Evening Post managing editor, clarinetist, mediocre pianist, writer, and lapsed peevologist.
He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
The Chicago Manual of Style @chicagomanual.bsky.social The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar. An indispensable reference, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice at cmos.style/ONLINE. We answer your “Chicago Style” questions at cmos.style/QandA. 
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social News and announcements from the Modern Language Association. If you have a question for MLA staff members, please visit http://mla.org/About-Us/Contact
Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social Author: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
Also: Word Freak, A Few Seconds of Panic, Wild & Outside
Ex: Hang Up and Listen, WSJ, NPR, AP, Daily Pennsylvanian, Pel Mel
The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) @the-ciep.bsky.social The UK’s only chartered body for the editorial profession. Championing excellence. Supporting growth. Connecting professionals. Shaping the future. https://www.ciep.uk/directory.html
Preet Bharara @preetbharara.bsky.social Patriotic American. Former US Attorney, SDNY. Banned by Putin. Fired by Trump.
Curmudgemily @steinbeigle.bsky.social Nevertheless she persisted in posting literary hot takes, knitting, and cats
Jonathan Hoefler @jonathanhoefler.com Man of letters.
🔤 Hoefler&Co Founder & Director Emeritus
🎬 Netflix “Abstract,” S02 E06
jonathanhoefler.com
Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social The Linguistic Society of America supports the scientific study of language and shares interesting linguistic stories. Join the LSA today!
Dawn Sabados @dawnsabados.bsky.social Nope.
@eabrewster.bsky.social @eabrewster.bsky.social 
American Dialect Society @americandialect.org The American Dialect Society is dedicated to the study of language in North America. Linguists, lexicographers, educators, students, enthusiasts, and more. https://americandialect.org/
Scott M. Roberts @lordofallfools.bsky.social Author, editor, dad, fly fisherman. 
Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social technical editor, historical linguist, 2D cartoon person
http://www.encyclopediabriannica.com/
https://bit.ly/briannica
John Kelly @mashedradish.bsky.social Middle-school English teacher. Former dictionary editor and spokesperson. I write about etymology at mashedradish.com.
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Editorial Freelancers Association @efafreelancers.bsky.social EFA freelancers include editors, writers, indexers, proofreaders, researchers, desktop publishers, translators. Free job listing service. Courses & webinars for members & guests. https://linktr.ee/efa_editors
Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social 📚 The quarterly linguistics magazine for all language lovers
📖 Available in print and digital 🖥️
🔗 babelzine.co.uk
Ben Yagoda @byagoda.bsky.social Author "Gobsmacked!”; “About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made"; "Will Rogers: A Biography"; "How To Not Write Bad" etc.
Katherine Connor Martin @kconnormartin.bsky.social I work in academic publishing innovation at the Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford University Press. Personal account.
William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol All the world’s a stage
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Prescriptivism Must Die! @mgrammar.bsky.social Psycholinguist, and the guy who used to write Motivated Grammar. He/him.
Erstwhile blogger: https://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com
Prosecute ICE and send Homan to the Hague.
Joe McVeigh @eviljoemcveigh.bsky.social I'm a linguist & sr lecturer at Metropolia Uni. PhD in linguistics and marketing. I like #language & #linguistics, hockey, baseball and comic books - but maybe not in that order :)
https://eviljoemcveigh.com
Wendalyn Nichols @wendalynnichols.bsky.social The Dictionary Lady
Jan Freeman @janfreeman.bsky.social Mostly retired editor/writer/Boston Globe language columnist; author of centenary edition of Ambrose Bierce's "Write It Right" (Walker, 2009), whose subtitle is too long for this space. Not the Massachusetts poet who shares my name. 
Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.
Keith Houston @shadycharacters.co.uk Keith Houston's blog about unusual marks of punctuation. Author of SHADY CHARACTERS, THE BOOK, EMPIRE OF THE SUM and now FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY: A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMOJI (https://shadycharacters.co.uk/books/).
Jordan Smith @tjordans.bsky.social Assistant professor of English (concentration in Writing, Editing, and Publishing) at the University of Northern Colorado. 
Mike Pope @mikepope.com Tech writing & editing (update: now retired), language & words, occasional cats.
Friday words when the mood strikes me (and when it's Friday): https://mikepopewords.com/
ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social We are the nation’s leading organization of editing professionals, educators, and students. Follow us for #editing news, events, & training. https://linktr.ee/aceseditors
Tiger Webb @tfswebb.bsky.social dour bureaucrat at a public broadcaster
Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social & @fritinancy.bsky.social
Jennifer McDaniel @jennifermcdaniel.bsky.social Former @BYU_FacultyEdit on the bird app. ADHD. Tired. Elder millennial. Both Gerald and Piggie, somehow.
Hoping to be brave enough to join the conversation. she/her
Paul Anthony Jones @paulanthjones.bsky.social You may know me better as a bird.
Haggard Hawks @haggardhawks.bsky.social The bird with the words. // Obscure words, etymology & language facts // New book A WINTER DICTIONARY, a collection of obscure words for the festive season, is OUT NOW! // New look website haggardhawks.com launching soon...
A Way with Words @waywordradio.org Public radio's lively language show! On-air in US, free podcast worldwide. https://waywordradio.org words@waywordradio.org. Toll-free US/Canada 24/7 1-877-929-9673 or https://wa.me/16198004443 #linguistics #etymology #podcast #books #language
Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com Comics? On the INTERNET?? On WWW DOT BSKY DOT APP??
katie @focusfronting.bsky.social opinions are not my own and represent those of your sainted mother. she/her.
Dave Nelsen @thegrammargeek.bsky.social Copy editor, proofreader, deputy editorial manager at Dragonfly Editorial. Oxford comma agnostic. What you learned in ninth-grade English might be wrong. He/him.
baja blister @bajablisst.bsky.social used to be a lexamateur, now i’m a lexapro
@smouritsen.bsky.social @smouritsen.bsky.social Attorney. Interested in law and language.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1345493
@nealgoldfarb.bsky.social @nealgoldfarb.bsky.social 
Christopher Jones @ccjones.bsky.social Historian.
Author, Methodist Connections: Early American Religion in the Revolutionary Atlantic World (forthcoming, Cornell UP).
Now researching global history of religion + soccer.
Editor, Journal of Mormon History.
Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social International law, books, food, Canberra, longing for a beach. 
Heidi Harley @heidiharley.bsky.social linguistiks knitting kids kats ceramiks and everything with /k/ or 'k', I just decided
she/her
Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social Public scholar of the Bible and religion
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social Wording at Wordnik until the words stop. 
John McIntyre @johnemcintyre.bsky.social Retired Baltimore Sun editor, flaneur. Author of “The Old Editor Says” and “Bad Advice.” Kentuckian transplanted to Baltimore. 
Christian @cwwilkie.org ACES-certified editor, dissident, void-screamer, liability multiplier, localthink. #slogan #slogan #bumpersticker
Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social /'dʑowɪn/
• taalkundige | linguist
• schrijver van 'Die goeie ouwe taal' en 'Woord voor woord' | author
• all graphics and videos: http://tumblr.com/yvanspijk
• Patreon: patreon.com/yvanspijk
• photo by Dirk-Jan van Dijk
Matt Gordon (not that one though) @anotherlinguist.bsky.social Sociolinguist, dialectologist, person who has uttered the phrase "chain shift" too many times.
Peter Sokolowski @petersokolowski.bsky.social Dictionary ambassador, Merriam-Webster.
Forthcoming book:
"By Definition: The Surprising History of the English Dictionary"
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250347589/bydefinition/
Reni @serenitycarr.bsky.social adventurer, animal lover, crafter, dictionary collector, editor @Merriam-Webster.com, linguist, logician, tree hugger | she/her | Look sharp ya dumbass.
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Jack Grieve @jwgrieve.bsky.social Professor of Corpus Linguistics, University of Birmingham, Studying Language Variation and Change 
Gareth Roberts @garicgymro.bsky.social Welsh linguist in Philadelphia. I grow languages in the lab. Opinions my own. He.
Ieithydd o Gymro yn Philadelphia. Tyfaf ieithoedd yn y lab. Barnau fy hun. Fo.
https://linktr.ee/garicgymro
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalík
Word Family Friday @wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social ᚛ᚐᚔᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ᚜
Explorations of Etymology / Historical Linguistics. Usually on Fridays.
Made by a human for humans with no AI
Professor of Secret Histories
www.aidanem.com
Tips: https://ko-fi.com/aidanem
Subscription: https://www.patreon.com/aidanem
Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social Editor, writer, lapsed biologist in the west of Ireland
Copy-editing, writing: https://stancarey.com
Language: https://stancarey.wordpress.com
Strong language: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
🎞 https://letterboxd.com/stancarey
🦣 @stancarey@mastodon.ie
Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2025.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Tisha Chiu @tishac.bsky.social Psych Nurse, special needs mom, trekkie, baker, edgedancer, cognitive scientist
Tom Davidson @tomdavidson.bsky.social Simultaneously a wave and a particle.
Mike S. @amateurmike.bsky.social 
Megan Schindele @meganschindele.bsky.social Project editor, copyeditor, and recovered academic. (I help make books happen.) She/her. 
DroTrebor @drotrebor.bsky.social Drummer, singer, traffic safety data pro, neologist
Wordorigins.org @wordorigins.bsky.social Focusing on the origins of words and phrases and their cultural context since 1997, plus astrophotography and dog pics/videos. Run by Dave Wilton (he/him).
@noemon.bsky.social @noemon.bsky.social 
Dana @dscopatz.bsky.social 
Erin Tanner @nonstoperin.bsky.social Part-time editor, full-time toddler jungle gym. Cats, birbs, kids, and words.
Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social Asst Prof (Old English & Old Norse). Book TRANSLATING HELL (2026). Phil-lol-ogist, word-lover, pun-makar, collector of dictionaries, glamorer of grammar.
Cecily @cecilyjk.bsky.social Dogs and anti-fascism. Star Trek etc. Music nerdery. Flowers. Politics. Exmo adjacent. Ally in training.
USA
JudieLC 🫘 @judielc.bsky.social Whatever I think of whenever I think of it
Lifelong Democrat and liberal Jew
Maternal-child nurse and breastfeeding specialist
I love mosses, lichens, dancing, Doctor Who and other scifi and fantasy.
#Leguminati. Bluesky since '23
✡️ 🫘
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca He / him. Expect a mix of energy sector, data science / machine learning, hobby interests, and probably some politics. 
Lane Greene @lanegreene.bsky.social Editor and language guy at The Economist.
Author of Writing With Style: The Economist Guide (2023).
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Style-Economist-Guide-Books/dp/1639364374
Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social Linguist
Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
gesture/grammar/✨emoji/#lingcomm
Podcast: @lingthusiasm
Masto: superlinguo@scicomm.xyz
Blog: superlinguo.com
She/her(/they)
Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social Slang Lexicographer.
https://greensdictofslang.com
https://thetimelinesofslang.tumblr.com
https://jonathongreen.substack.com
Wm Henry Morris @wmhenrymorris.com gently painting genre (and sometimes lit fic) into a corner; he/him
[also: music on bandcamp as Will Esplin]
frozenseapress.com
@keithy.bsky.social @keithy.bsky.social Too online. Dad. Married (lucky). Democrat (progressive). ADHD. 
guomubai @guomubai.bsky.social Fear is the mind killer
Mededitor @mededitor.bsky.social As a medical editor, language - usage - lexicography - culture - memes - all meet someplace. And that place appears to be my desk.
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social Fiction & essays, novel in progress. Co-owner @federalstbooks.bsky.social . Candlepin bowler. Language stuff. A lot of crank air. Used to write the dictionary.
Western Massachusetts. 
May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social needlecrafter, dancer, baker, Mainer, she/her
PhD in Linguistics, now doing non-ac qual research
Anthony Clark @nedroid.com The cartoonist, not the “Yes, Dear” guy
Nedroid.com
Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! By @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social
"Fascinating" -NYT
"Joyously nerdy" -Buzzfeed
lingthusiasm.com
Not sure where to start? Try our silly personality quiz: bit.ly/lingthusiasmquiz
@lizajae.bsky.social @lizajae.bsky.social Risky & Chaotic
She/her
Former Minneapolitan knocking around Toronto