Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day by Susie Dent

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day

Susie Dent

416 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history reference funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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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 ...

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