Appendix:American Dialect Society

The American Dialect Society, founded in 1889, is a learned society "dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it." The Society publishes the academic journal, American Speech.

Wiktionary has indexed lists for two categories recognized by the American Dialect Society &mdash; Word of the Year and Most Outrageous Word of the Year.

Lists

 * Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year
 * Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year