Dictionary Society of North America @dictionarysoc.bsky.social https://dictionarysociety.com/
James K. Yu @jyupdx.bsky.social 于金祿 || dirty knees. look at these. || 2.0 || lo-fi casualty
Full Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours Walking tours for the curious and compassionate
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Julia L Miller @juliamiller.bsky.social Retired academic.
Writer, reader and dictionary lover.
My humorous Jane Austen pastiche, Crime and Prejudice, has just been released.
https://julialmiller.net
@thegreatcham.bsky.social @thegreatcham.bsky.social 
Elyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social Spies and the archives.
Professor, Stony Brook University. Four books, including the New York Times bestseller BOOK AND DAGGER (Ecco, 2024).
Hacked Account!! @ebainlatte.bsky.social THIS ACCOUNT WAS HACKED AND RECOVERED!!! THE FORMER CATFISH WAS UNDER THE USERNAME HANNAH ANYTHING SENT THROUGH MESSAGES OR DMS WILL BE EXPLAINED TO. Huge regards to bluesky's moderation team for their swift reply and actions, I never would've known.
Matthew Davis @medievalmatt.bsky.social I'm just this guy, you know? I'm also terrible at self-promotion. Medieval drama, manuscripts, and digital humanities. Sometimes in that order. When I can I edit the Minor Works of John Lydgate virtual archive (http://www.minorworksoflydgate.net/).
EURALEX @euralex.bsky.social European Association for Lexicography. Leading professional #association for people working in #lexicography and related fields. euralex.org
Cranky Old Man 🏴 🇪🇦 @crankyoldman.bsky.social I can write cursive, tell the time on a clock with hands, and balance a checkbook! I rode a bike with no helmet, played outside all day, and ran around barefoot. I received all of my childhood vaccines, too! Yet, here I am. No DMs, please!
Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social Word person; tenor; European; British; English (Northern, and not a monkey); blissfully partnered; some other things. Views my own.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social Quondam Prof. English Language & Literature. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Libby @libbyluna.bsky.social Yoga therapy, autism/neurodiversity, psychology, philosophy/consciousness, history, language, teaching, editing, theatre, books, cats, scotch, karaoke
Wes Cowley @wes.wordsbywes.ink Academic, technical, and nonfiction editor, specializing in computer science, ML, AI (policy, legal, and technical), economics, finance, math, statistics, and related fields.
Member EFA, ACES
Home: www.wordsbywes.ink
Email: wes@wordsbywes.ink
Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social Astronomy, history of science, environment, video games.
Captain Jack #8647 @heavydriver.bsky.social Aviator: PIC B747/767/777/787 A330/340/350, writer, music, Oxford grad.,CofE,sweary. Canadian/EU citizen. ‘X’ refugee. Spreading our joy where I can. Liberal AF Live in Devonshire, UK. Adoring husband of the brilliant & lovely revdrlily.bsky.social No DMs
Okapia Johnstoni @okapia123.bsky.social 西洋美術学習記録用アカウントです。
Tim @timcunningham.bsky.social renowned social media maven 
Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social 🌟I’m a 73 year old Humboldt hippie, feminist, socialist democrat. Proud mother of two grown men. No grandchildren, 5 cats and 2 dogs plus 3 grand dogs with 1 grand cat. A Sagittarius put on this planet in 1952.
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@beyondchaz.bsky.social @beyondchaz.bsky.social Blue-state girl, cares about social fairness, environmental protection, and the little joys in life.
MML @antonia1314.bsky.social Dictionary lover & collector
@bradklafehn.bsky.social @bradklafehn.bsky.social Above: My Great Uncle Dan Defending Freedom from Fascists.
Local government retiree
Weed whacker/Native plant defender
Environmentalist since 1974
Gaia Lover
Shakuhachi student
Amir @amirrg9.bsky.social 
@celinefransoie.bsky.social @celinefransoie.bsky.social 
Scripps National Spelling Bee @scrippsbee.bsky.social By inspiring the exploration of words, the Bee illuminates pathways to lifelong curiosity, celebrates academic achievement, and enriches communities. Learn more at www.spellingbee.com. #spellingbee
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social 
@reisingerart.bsky.social @reisingerart.bsky.social Our paintings are the result of teamwork. Henriëtte envisions the concepts. She composes and chooses from a multitude of ideas the most potential ones. Roman paints, this technique enables him to paint realistically and in great detail.
Lucy Salmon @lucececece.bsky.social Secondary and A level English teacher • Sociolinguistics nerd with a particular fascination with gendered and sexual identities in online media and music • based in Yorkshire
Wim Remysen @kwebek.bsky.social Professeur à l’Université de Sherbrooke, directeur du CRIFUQ (@crifuq.bsky.social) et responsable du Fonds de données linguistiques du Québec (@plateformeFDLQ.bsky.social).
Recherche en #sociolinguistique #histoiredelalangue #linguistiquedecorpus
Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social technical editor, historical linguist, 2D cartoon person
http://www.encyclopediabriannica.com/
https://bit.ly/briannica
Historian1661 @historian1661.bsky.social Independent scholar. I'm not in academia.
Comparativist.
Former staff member, Princeton U. Library.
@chipbeckett.bsky.social @chipbeckett.bsky.social Old commie coming to be nearer the anarchists. Bad gardener. 
The Wolf Law Library @wolflawlibrary.bsky.social The Wolf Law Library 🐺⚖️📚 at the William & Mary Law School, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Serving our students, faculty, and community with access to the law and law-related resources in print, and online: https://law.wm.edu/library/
Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social Historian
http://earlymodernjustice.org/
Sample articles:
https://earlymodernjustice.org/publications/
https://earlymodernjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SlaverySovereigntyInheritableBlood.pdf
Opinions my own
Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social Linguist (University of Zurich). Lady (in the Old English sense of the word).
Australian National Dictionary Centre @ozworders.bsky.social The Australian National Dictionary Centre, ANU. For the dinkum oil on Australian English, historical lexicography, Australian Oxford Dictionaries. CRICOS: 00120
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Bran Besalke @encyclopaedia-fortuita.com Reference work otaku. 🏳️⚧️ He/they.
Languages: 🇺🇸 / 🇩🇪 / 🇯🇵
Studied utopian literature and Michael Ende. 🐢 Now I do data analysis in STL and am generally disappointed in myself.
https://encyclopaedia-fortuita.com
Jane Solomon @janesolomon.bsky.social 👁 Typeface Designer at Lettermatic.com 👁 Word Panelist at Scripps National Spelling Bee 👁 Ex-Lexicographer 👁 Lapsed Emoji Expert 👁 Author of The Dictionary of Difficult Words 👁
John Kelly @mashedradish.bsky.social Middle-school English teacher. Former dictionary editor and spokesperson. I write about etymology at mashedradish.com.
Dennis Baron @drgrammar.bsky.social I write about language and … language and law (free speech and regulation); gender (pronouns!); tech (how tech affects readers and writers); language reform; and language policing. All from a historical perspective.
Possibly Henery Crun @crun.bsky.social Posting from the garden outside of Zurich.
Old, tired corporate minion hoping to become find my next wind as a PhD candidate.
Opinions my own. Cat pics not necessarily.
Софія Ашер (Губицька)/Sofiya Asher @sofiyaasher.bsky.social Дрогобич 💙💛, діаспора 🇺🇲
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Janet Harriett @janetharriett.bsky.social Creative generalist with a particular fondness for fiction and fiber arts. Caretaker-in-residence of a vintage 1909 house and its ghosts, along with a flexible number of cats. I like penguins A LOT.
Grace Tierney @wordfoolery.bsky.social Word history - books, blog, LMFMRadio
Comedyfic - Channillo
Love to read, craft, garden in Ireland
My Books - wordfoolery.wordpress.com/my-books/
Weekly Word Blog - http://www.wordfoolery.wordpress.com/
Newsletter - subscribepage.io/wordfoolerywhispers
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
#arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social She/her, 1st gen, Canadian who's at Harvard but isn't OF Harvard--posts in a personal capacity, mainly about books (w/ cats & flowers thrown in). Now writing an itty-bitty book that aims to be a literary & media history of scrap.
https://deidrelynch.org
Radical Left Lemmasmith @k8bowers.bsky.social Archivist at Harvard, librarian, contributing editor (Dictionary of Archives Terminology), Oxford comma enthusiast, grumpable knowmudgeon
#archives #records #metadata #saawords #cataloging #bornDigital Mount Holyoke ‘86
she/her
The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social
Working towards a world where nature is understood, valued and protected.
https://www.linnean.org/
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics.
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
Wayne O'Cohen / 上野公園 @wayneocohen.bsky.social Maryland native, adopted New Jerseyan, current Tokyoite whose heart's in Hong Kong. Syracuse grad; postgrad at Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Entertainment writer formerly of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun. Interests: Media biz, Asian history
Stephanie @stephaniesb.bsky.social Personal finance 🤑, STEM 👩🔬, parenting 🧑🧑🧒🧒, baking 🍪🎂
Go Bills 🦬
Barry Popik @barrypopik.bsky.social Author of an online dictionary (over 41,000 entries) investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. King of Dad Jokes & Oneliners. BarryPopik.com
Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social Librarian, privacy stan
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
Buy my work here: https://robertbohan.etsy.com
Alexander Huber @c18ah.bsky.social Digital humanist · Independent scholar and Consultant for Digital Humanities @huber-digital.bsky.social · Research: poetry (very long #c18th) · Institutional home: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~bodl0153/ · Consultancy services: https://hubers.org.uk
yesandMissHavthisham @steenyswank.bsky.social Movie collector for ~39 yrs: Pre-Code love. Dead--but I'm not dead yet--language familiarity. Demi-horticulturalist. Car-free commuting since 1977; internal combustion is loud. Forever masker. Will write Alt Text for food.
Kt @kty38.bsky.social Pro-Constitution of U.S.
Bill of Rights Civil🗽
Pro Democracy
Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social Historian, ex-Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social Forest creature who writes books & champions libraries. American heart, Danish soul.
Author of YAs: Speak, Shout & many more
Historical adventure novels: Chains, Forge, Ashes & Fever 1793.
And…. Rebellion 1776 is a NY Times bestseller! Huzzah! 🎉❤️🇺🇸📚
Drew @drewavery.bsky.social Drew's feed reads like a museum exhibit curated by a caffeinated octopus with a penchant for politics and pet pics.
🚩Can get lost in deep discussions about medieval fishing practices.
I don't think I'm a bot but does a bot know it's a bot?
CaryJo @caryjo.bsky.social ex chinurse
I’m probably not being sarcastic
she/whatever I AM A TRANS SAFE PERSON
🌩️👀 NcRcUW6W4aOq
Princess Petunia Floppybutts McGee @ridiculousginger.bsky.social Garden variety neurodivergent. Goofball. Cares about others. Fact based. Mom of 2. She/her 🌈 Vancouver
music/art/history/nature/animals/science
theodorick bland @icussucuss.bsky.social rough grooved surface
MamaBear is in Georgia @stllstandingbear.bsky.social Retired person w/TDS, pro science, democracy, rule of law and super worried about my country.
Not religious but a fan of Pope Leo.
Stan Yeahman @stanyeahman.bsky.social 
Kallastra @kallastra.bsky.social Former Sexy Murder Poet, Current Basically Pleasant Bureaucrat. (H/T Liam Bright).
Here to play academic and learn. Interests: philosophy, poetry, knitting, spinning, law, community, rejoicing in interdependence
Mededitor @mededitor.bsky.social As a medical editor, language - usage - lexicography - culture - memes - all meet someplace. And that place appears to be my desk.
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/
Mirek Stolee @mirekstolee.bsky.social Curator of tabletop games and puzzles at The Strong National Museum of Play | Texts & Technology PhD candidate at University of Central Florida (he/they)
Jenny Bradshaw @jennywren129.bsky.social Librarian in love with language. Reader.
(she/her) 🌈📚🐈⬛🌲 queer, neurospicy, synesthesia
Cataloging/Metadata, critlib, controlled vocabs
https://linktr.ee/JennyWren129
HEL (History of the English Language) on the Web @helontheweb.bsky.social Shares the latest news about HEL. Posts by Dr Ayumi Miura (Associate Professor @utokyoofficial.bsky.social; she/her), who runs the website 'HEL on the Web' (2009-): https://sites.google.com/view/helontheweb/
Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social Wording at Wordnik until the words stop. 
English Wiktionary @enwiktionary.bsky.social The official account for en.wiktionary.org, the English Wiktionary. We’re a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary. We aim to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English.
Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com A show about linguistics, the science of language. Your hosts (in order of coolness): Hedvig Skirgård, Daniel Midgley, and Ben Ainslie (tie for 2nd). patreon.com/becauselangpod
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social English Language & Linguistics for A-Level students and teachers.
One of the Lexis podcast team https://tinyurl.com/yckh3vy5
EngLangBlog: https://englishlangsfx.blogspot.com/
English & Media Centre: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/
He/him
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).
Michelle Hogan @michellehogan.bsky.social 🇨🇦Not buying or selling but hope to help Seniors where I can. 🚫No DMs.🚫
Professional Retiree, Musician, 33rd Degree Cat Herder, one Mensa candidate that knows better.🇨🇦
Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social Extinguished Perfesser of Anguish at Ruckers–Nork; mooseophile; wine guzzler; author of many books, a few of them readable; harmless eccentric.
C18 BritLit, dictionaries, book history, fakery, life-writing, political smartassery.
https://jacklynch.net
Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social Editor at Merriam-Webster // Poems and essays in Orion, Antiphony, Prairie Schooner, Poetry, swamp pink, Blue Mountain Review, Bad Lilies, Kenyon Review, African American Review, Bennington Review, Columba, more // he/him // Vermont // MichaelMetivier.com
Scott Wha Hae 🏳️🌈 @scottland.one Blithely tripping the high-wire between basic and extra. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Connoisseur of absurdities. My late dog was a Muttville gal. So is my current dog! 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
He/him/hey you
Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social Mieskeit; Historical Lexicography & the Emoluments Clause (CUP '25); lexicographer; linguist; Edgeworth; #18thc; #CUNY; #NJ; down the shore; serial commas
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social Site features, announcements, vocabulary, observations-- from the team of the NEH-funded Johnson's Dictionary Online. RT does not imply endorsement. Also on 🧵. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com