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Words for life : to boost every day of the year
Dent, Susie2025
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Did you know that the Scots have over 400 words for snow or what a binfluencer is? What about the medieval invention of Lubberland as a place for lazy teenagers or how Mayday became a request for help? Lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent does. From wabbit to dust bunnies, from the strange history of arse to the best ways to describe moonlight, 'Words for Life' offers a full year's supply of verbal vitamin shots guaranteed to entertain and enlighten, to brighten and boost every single day.
Main title:
Words for life : to boost every day of the year / Susie Dent.
Author:
Dent, Susie, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2025.
Collation:
xiii, 338 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781399820653 (hbk)
Dewey class:
428.1
LC class:
PE1449
Local class:
428.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4249428
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