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You don't have to be a lexicographer to define words. Although writing definitions for a dictionary is a lot more complicated and difficult,

any one of us could probably describe a pencil or a daisy or an elbow using language alone.

But familiarity doesn't mean a word is easy to explain

with other words. Just imagine trying to write the definition of yellow or red or blue for someone

who had never seen them. From KERA in Dallas, this is think. I'm Chris Boyd. Simple and ubiquitous as they are, even primary

colors are nearly indescribable for most of us. And then there is the problem of all the many

thousands of colors in between. Like when is something green blue or blue green or turquoise?

What is the difference between coral and salmon and melon? As my guest will tell us, locking down the names and meanings of different hues required years

of work from scientists as well as word experts and may never be complete if we keep inventing

new colors in the lab.

Corey Stamper is a lexicographer who has written dictionaries for nearly 30 years at Merriam-Webster, Cambridge Dictionaries, and Dictionary.com.

And she's author of the new book True Color, The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color from Azure to Zinc Pink.

Corey, welcome to think.

Thanks so much, Chris. It's great to be here.

This is so interesting.

Your interesting color as a lexicographer

began when you were working on Merriam-Webster's third, the unabridged version. And like the mandated

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