Editing Stuart Berg Flexner

{{Short description|American lexicographer (1928–1990)}}
'''Stuart Berg Flexner''' (1928–1990) was a [[lexicographer]], editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including ''I Hear America Talking'' and ''Listening to America''; as co-editor of the ''[[Dictionary of American Slang]]'' and as chief editor of the ''[[Random House Dictionary]], Second Edition''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/05/obituaries/stuart-berg-flexner-62-editor-of-random-house-dictionaries.html|title=Stuart Berg Flexner, 62, Editor Of Random House Dictionaries|first=Edwin|last=McDowell|date=December 5, 1990|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Flexner was the son of clothing retailer David Flexner and Gertrude, née Berg.<ref>The Scribner Encyclopaedia of American Lives: 1986-1990, ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, Arnie Markoe, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998, p. 294</ref> He was twice married, first to Miriam Bogen and then to Doris Louise Hurcomb.

==Bibliography==
* ''How to Increase Your Word Power'' (1971)
* ''Family Word Finder: A New Thesaurus of Synonyms and Antonyms in Dictionary Form'' (1975)
* ''I Hear America Talking: An Illustrated Treasury of American Words and Phrases'' (1976)
* ''Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from our Lively and Splendid Past'' (1982)
* ''Dictionary of American Slang'', with Harold Wentworth  (editions 1960, 1967, 1975)
* ''Oxford American Dictionary'', with Eugene H. Ehrlich, Gorton Carruth,  Joyce M. Hawkins  (1980)   
* ''The Random House Thesaurus'', with Jess Stein (1984)   
* ''The Pessimist's Guide To History : An Irresistible Compendium Of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres And Mayhem From The Big Bang To The New Millennium'',  with Doris Flexner (1992) 2nd edition (2000) 3rd edition (2008)
* ''The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, Second Edition'', editor (1987)
* ''Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings Olde and New'', (1993)
* ''Speaking Freely: A Guided Tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley'', with Anne H. Soukhanov (1997)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001152913/http://wiredforbooks.org/stuartflexner/ 1987 audio interview with Stuart Flexner at Wired for Books.org]}} by Don Swaim

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