Word perfect : etymological entertainment for every day of the year

'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life & fun into words & language' Pam Ayres'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWelcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, & 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, & surprising etymologies tied to every day of the year. You'll never be lost for words again.Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4's Countdown & 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, & has been on every programme about words: 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, & More or Less. Susie also writes regularly for the Radio Times, The Week Junior & The I, & her Word of the Day has attracted over 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. She is the author of six editions of The Language Report, an annual guide to the new words & phrases that find their way into the English language. 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