Erin McKean
Wordnik Co-Founder | Redefining Language in the Digital Age
Erin McKean is a Communication & Influence speaker who has appeared at 3 events including TED 2014 and TED 2007, most recently in 2014.
About
Erin McKean is reshaping how we interact with language as the co-founder of Reverb Technologies, the maker of the online dictionary Wordnik. Her innovative approach to lexicography has transformed the way people discover, define, and share words. McKean's keynotes explore the evolving nature of language, offering insights into how emerging technologies are empowering new forms of digital communication and expression.
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Go ahead, make up new words!
In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages - nay, cheerleads - her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to “verbing,” in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and to create more ways for us to understand one another.
| Event | Year | Location | Talks |
|---|---|---|---|
| TED 2014 | 2014 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada | 1 |
| TED 2007 | 2007 | 🇺🇸Monterey, United States | 1 |
| Gel Conference | 2006 | 1 |
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Who has Erin shared a stage with?
Speakers who appeared at the same event editions as Erin
| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Isabel AllendeAcclaimed Novelist | Stories of Passion and the Human Condition | 2 | TED 2007, TED 2014View shared history → |
| Lawrence LessigHarvard Law professor & Creative Commons founder | Fighting for free culture and democracy reform | 2 | TED 2007, TED 2014View shared history → |
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