SpellCheck: The Hacker Spelling Bee

Presented at The Circle Of HOPE (2018), July 20, 2018, 11:59 p.m. (60 minutes).

English is a messy language, and no amount of spellcheck can stop you from writing about "security breeches" or "rouge towers." Come witness your peers bravely seek the redemption they've hoped for since elementary school as they battle through increasingly difficult security terms for fun and a moderate prize. The bee will warm up with "asset" and "bypass" and work its way up to rounds where capitalization will count and determine the winner. The wordlist is based off of the most recent version of the Cybersecurity Style Guide at http://bit.ly/securitywords. Twenty spellers total will participate. You can sign up in advance at the Info Desk during the conference. A complete list of rules for the SpellCheck bee will be available there.


Presenters:

  • Brianne Hughes
    **Brianne Hughes** (@E_Briannica) spends her days as a technical editor for Bishop Fox editing formal reports, developing internal resources, and training consultants. By night, she is a historical linguist researching compound morphology. She is executive assistant secretary for the DSNA, an Odd Salon fellow, and on the board of directors for Wordnik Society, Inc.

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