# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gretchen-mcculloch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:49:23.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gretchen-mcculloch"
name: "Gretchen McCulloch"
slug: "gretchen-mcculloch"
description: "Gretchen McCulloch is a Canadian linguist. On her blog, as well as her podcast Lingthusiasm she offers linguistic analysis of online communication such as internet memes, emoji and instant messaging. She writes regularly for Wired and previously did so for The Toast. In 2019, she published a book on internet linguistics, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language."
tagline: "Canadian Internet linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gretchen_McCulloch_au_UdeM.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             10.98591549295775
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 238
platforms:
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    handle:    "GretchenAMcC"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gretchen.mcculloch/"
    handle:    "gretchen.mcculloch"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://gretchenmcculloch.com/"
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    title: "گرچن مک‌کالک"
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    title: "Gretchen McCulloch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_McCulloch"
    title: "Gretchen McCulloch"
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    title: "Gretchen McCulloch"
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    title: "Gretchen McCulloch"
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    title: "Gretchen McCulloch"
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  - url: "https://tok.wikipedia.org/wiki/jan_Kesen_Makala"
    title: "jan Kesen Makala"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump