Free virtual panel discussion: LGBTIAQ+ Lexicography in the Oxford English Dictionary

Book your place:
http://tiny.cc/OED-LGBTIAQ-lex-LL
When?
Thursday, June 26, 2025
05:00 PM BST | 04:00 PM GMT 12:00 PM EDT | 09:00 AM PDT

Join OED editors guest speakers for a virtual discussion where they will delve into the world of queer vocabulary and its representation in dictionaries. This event will explore the evolution, documentation, the impact of queer language on mainstream vernacular:

- Queer words in the OED and how they were researched
- The documentation of these words in dictionaries throughout history
- Sources of evidence then and now
- How words from secret languages get adopted more widely

There will also be a Q&A time – bring your questions to the panellists or send them in advance to [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Language Documentation
Lexicography
Sociolinguistics
Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)