--- title: "1 Looking Fashion Quotes By Erin McKean" description: "1 Looking Fashion quotes by Erin McKean. Plus more from Erin McKean and more Looking Fashion sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/erin-mckean-13646_become_by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexic_3008944.png" --- > [By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexicographers-become-interested/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/erin-mckean-13646_become_by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexic_3008944.png) ## More by Erin McKean > [People say to me, ‘How do I know if a word is real?’ You know, anybody who’s read a children’s book knows that love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/people-say-to-me-how-do-i-know-if-a-word-is-real-you-know-anybody-who/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [“This isn’t a thrift store… We’re not selling them something less expensive, we’re selling them something more special. We have to tell them the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/this-isn-t-a-thrift-store-we-re-not-selling-them-something-less/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/you-don-t-owe-prettiness-to-anyone-not-to-your-boyfriend-spouse/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [Almost any word can be drafted to serve as a verb, even words we think of as eternal and unchanging, stuck in their more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/almost-any-word-can-be-drafted-to-serve-as-a-verb-even-words-we-think/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [I think we would all like to believe that every new event demands a new word. But we're environmentally conscious with our words. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/i-think-we-would-all-like-to-believe-that-every-new-event-demands-a/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [There are hundreds of thousands of words that aren't in any print dictionary today... because there's no space for all of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/there-are-hundreds-of-thousands-of-words-that-aren-t-in-any-print/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [Uniforms are intended to make the wearer look as strong as possible. Soldiers could fight in leotards, but that's never going to happen because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/uniforms-are-intended-to-make-the-wearer-look-as-strong-as-possible/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [It's difficult to choose a Word of the Year in the year that you're in. It's one of those things that hindsight makes more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/it-s-difficult-to-choose-a-word-of-the-year-in-the-year-that-you-re/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [Words are so lovable. How could you not love words?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/words-are-so-lovable-how-could-you-not-love-words/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > ['Aging' has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/aging-has-been-bad-ever-since-we-figured-out-it-led-to-dying/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't believe they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/and-i-don-t-like-people-who-eat-powdered-doughnuts-i-don-t-car-how/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [If words are doing their job, then their novelty will not be the most noticeable thing about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/if-words-are-doing-their-job-then-their-novelty-will-not-be-the-most/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [There are very few good ways to get publicity for a dictionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/there-are-very-few-good-ways-to-get-publicity-for-a-dictionary/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [Lexicographers are language reporters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/lexicographers-are-language-reporters/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) > [“The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/the-rule-is-don-t-speak-of-the-dead-not-don-t-speak-ill-of-the-dead-s/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-fashion/erin-mckean/#itemlist", "name": "1 Looking Fashion Quotes By Erin McKean", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erin McKean" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexicographers-become-interested/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/erin-mckean-13646_become_by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexic_3008944.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/erin-mckean-13646_become_by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexic_3008944.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/erin-mckean-13646_become_by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexic_3008944.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their…” — Erin McKean", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-fashion/erin-mckean/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-fashion/erin-mckean/", "name": "Looking Fashion Quotes by Erin McKean", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-fashion/erin-mckean/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/erin-mckean-13646_become_by-the-time-the-traditionally-male-lexic_3008944.png" }, "description": "1 Looking Fashion quotes by Erin McKean. 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