Editing Oxford English Dictionary (section)

==The ''OED'' in popular culture==
The 2020 novel ''[[The Dictionary of Lost Words]]'' by [[Pip Williams (author)|Pip Williams]] centres on the creation of the ''OED'', the fictional narrator spending much time in the Scriptorium as a child, the daughter of a fictional widowed lexicographer, and later becoming an assistant there. It has been adapted for the stage, and a television series is planned.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keen |first1=Suzie |title=Bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words set to become a television series - InDaily |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/inreview/film/2022/11/10/bestseller-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-set-to-become-a-television-series |access-date=7 March 2025 |work=www.indaily.com.au |date=10 November 2022 |language=en |archive-date=13 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113015339/https://www.indaily.com.au/inreview/film/2022/11/10/bestseller-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-set-to-become-a-television-series |url-status=live }}</ref>