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Word Perfect

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1st September 2022

Price: £10.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781529311488
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‘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.

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Reviews

GYLES BRANDRETH
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
RICHARD OSMAN
Susie Dent is a national treasure
JO BRAND
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.
RICHARD & JUDY, Daily Express
Utterly addictive . . . unputdownable
Radio Times
Stuffed with delightful words . . . it'll keep Scrabble fanatics and wordsmiths entertained for hours
Spectator
Entertaining
Mark Mason, Daily Mail
Magic
The Press (York)
You can pick it up and be absorbed for hours
Charlotte Heathcote, Sunday Express
Packed full of fascinating facts