Barbara Ann Kipfer

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Barbara Ann Kipfer (born 1954) is a linguist and lexicographer. She has written more than 30 books, including 14,000 Things to be Happy About (Workman).

She holds a PhD and MPhil in Linguistics from the University of Exeter, a PhD in Archaeology from University of Greenwich, an MA in Buddhist Studies also from Greenwich University, and a BS in physical education from Valparaiso University. She is Managing Editor/Chief Lexicographer for Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com (Lexico Publishing). She has also worked for such companies as Answers.com, Ask Jeeves, idealab, Mindmaker, General Electric Research, IBM Research, Wang, Bellcore (Telcordia), Cymfony, Textwise, and Knowledge Adventure.

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In addition to 14,000 Things to be Happy About, Kipfer has authored Instant Karma, 8,789 Words of Wisdom, The Wish List, 1,400 Things for Kids to be Happy About, and the forthcoming Self-Meditation for Workman Publishing. Her other books are Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, 21st Century Spelling Dictionary, 21st Century Manual of Style (Dell/Laurel); The Order of Things, How It Happens, 4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone, and the forthcoming Life of Language and Trivia Lovers’ Book of Lists (Random House); Roget's International Thesaurus, Sixth Edition and Dictionary of American Slang (HarperCollins); Sisson's Word and Expression Locater (Prentice Hall); 201 Little Buddhist Reminders (Ulysses Press), Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology (Kluwer Plenum); The Flip Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases, and Roget's Descriptive Word Finder (Writer's Digest). Also forthcoming is the Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion and Dictionary of Artifacts (Blackwell). Many refer to her as one of the most cunning and immaculate linguist of the 21st century.