Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

Susie Dent

$18.89

Publication Date: January 3rd, 2023

Publisher:

John Murray

ISBN:

9781529311488

Pages:

416

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Description

'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres

'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard Osman

Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner.

From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone's thunder, from tartle (forgetting someone's name at the very moment you need it) to snaccident (the unintentional eating of an entire packet of biscuits), WORD PERFECT is a brilliant linguistic almanac full of unforgettable stories, fascinating facts, and surprising etymologies tied to every day of the year. You'll never be lost for words again.

About the Author

Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4's Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and has been on every programme about words: 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, and More or Less. Susie also writes regularly for the Radio Times, The Week Junior and The I, and her Word of the Day has attracted over 1,000,000 followers on Twitter.

Praise for Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

I love this book. Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent and nobody writes about it more entertainingly.This is a treat for every day of the year—GYLES BRANDRETH

Susie Dent is a national treasure—RICHARD OSMAN

A golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems for people who love words, for people who aren't that bothered about words and people who don't even really like words...and that is the magic of Susie Dent.—JO BRAND

Utterly addictive . . . unputdownable—RICHARD & JUDY, Daily Express

Stuffed with delightful words . . . it'll keep Scrabble fanatics and wordsmiths entertained for hours—Radio Times

Entertaining—Spectator

Packed full of fascinating facts—Charlotte Heathcote, Sunday Express

Magic—Mark Mason, Daily Mail

You can pick it up and be absorbed for hours—The Press (York)