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An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder

An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder

Susie Dent

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|January 31, 2023

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Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day Of The Year

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day Of The Year

Susie Dent

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|January 3, 2023

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What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language

What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language

Susie Dent

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|November 8, 2009

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Sparkling with insight and linguistic curiosity, this delightful compendium answers 101 of the most intriguing questions about the English language, from word origins and spelling to grammar and usage. Irresistible to anyone with an interest in the words around…
Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages Of Britain

Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages Of Britain

Susie Dent

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|November 27, 2018

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Did you know that . . . a soldier's biggest social blunder is called jack brew - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can't be identified - LBJ (the letters stand for L ittle B rown J…
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Susie Dent's Words of the Year

Susie Dent's Words of the Year

Susie Dent

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|October 25, 2008

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What's the difference between a retrosexual and a metrosexual? Have you heard the scientific evidence for Momnesia (a mother's forgetfulness after giving birth)? Which famous author coined the term embuggerance earlier this year? Are you nomophobic? Following…
Fanboys and overdogs: the language report: the language report

Fanboys and overdogs: the language report: the language report

Susie Dent

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|December 1, 2007

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fanboys and overdogs: the language report is a collection of the most intriguing facts and observations on the English language in recent years, and particularly in 2005. In her eminently browsable exploration of the changing face of English, Susie Dent,…
The Language Report 5: English on the move, 2003-2007

The Language Report 5: English on the move, 2003-2007

Susie Dent

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|October 4, 2007

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2007 is the fifth year of The Language Report's publication and provides a unique opportunity to look back at five years' worth of developments in all aspects of language, charting both small and dramatic changes in areas as diverse as punctuation and political…
The Language Report

The Language Report

Susie Dent

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|January 7, 2004

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Infinitely browsable and completely up to date, The Language Report is a collection of topical and fascinating facts and observations on today's spoken and written English. Using the resources of the world's largest language research programme at Oxford…
Susie Dent's Weird Words

Susie Dent's Weird Words

Susie Dent

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|November 7, 2013

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A funny and entertaining way to discover more about the history and meaning of language. SUSIE DENT'S WEIRD WORDS takes children on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and sometimes quite revolting origins of English words. As Susie Dent…
What Made The Crocodile Cry?:101 questions about the English language: 101 questions about the…

What Made The Crocodile Cry?:101 questions about the English language: 101 questions about the…

Susie Dent

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|September 16, 2012

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The Blackout Crew have a song with the title 'Put a donk on it' - but what is a 'donk'? Which ending came first: '-ise' or '-ize'? Where does the idea of a 'white elephant' come from? Who decides on the collective noun for something? And what is it that made the…