Word Perfect Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

'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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

The perfect present for word-lovers: a word for every day of the year: 'WORD PERFECT is a golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems' JO BRAND

Prefazione

The perfect present for word-lovers: a word for every day of the year: 'WORD PERFECT is a golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems' JO BRAND

Testo aggiuntivo

You can pick it up and be absorbed for hours

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susie Dent, Dent Susie
• Editore: John Murray
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.09.2022
• Categoria: Narrativa > Fumetti, cartoni, humour, satira; Saggistica > Arte, letteratura > Lingua: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione
• EAN: 9781529311488
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-1148-8
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13 x 19.5 x 2.6 cm
• Categorie: Tribes, Language, Countdown, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology, HUMOR / Form / Trivia, United Kingdom, Great Britain, gift books, words, Language: reference and general, Etymology, Gift and novelty books / items, roots of happiness, Coinages, 8 out of 10 cats, dictionary corner, books for her books for him christmas books 2021 autumn books 2021 gift books 2021, learn something new almanac, Nothing Rhymes with Purple podcast Countdown etymologist history of words, Dent's Modern Tribes Dictionary of Phrase and Fable books about words books for bookworms books for bibliophiles books for word lovers books for writers the perfect christmas gift funny books