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Dent, Susie.
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English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Emotions -- Dictionaries.
Language and emotions.
Lexicology.
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Dent, Susie.
English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Emotions -- Dictionaries.
Language and emotions.
Lexicology.
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Emotional
dictionary
:
real
words
for
how
you
feel
, from
angst
to
zwodder
/ Susie Dent.
by
Dent, Susie.
John Murray, c2022.
Call #:
427.0905 D414e
Subjects
English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Emotions -- Dictionaries.
Language and emotions.
Lexicology.
ISBN:
9781529379679 (hc.)
Description:
xi, 386 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"Whether it's the distress of a bad haircut or longing for the food someone else is eating, the pleasure found in other people's happiness, or the shock of jumping into icy water, there are
real
words
to pinpoint exactly
how
you
feel
and Susie Dent, Queen of Countdown's
Dictionary
Corner and lexicographer extraordinaire, is going to help you find them. Here are 1001 terms everyone needs, whether it's the best kind of hug, the relief found in swearing, or the ability to endure till the end. It's time to rediscover the lost positives of language; find out
how
a stork gave us the word for the love between parent and child, and who the first MAVERICK was. Packed with unexpected stories and unforgettable
words
, on a mission to describe the indescribable, this life-enhancing book will deepen your vocabulary as much as it extends it. Welcome to the first truly human
dictionary
, as idiosyncratic and unusual as you are."
Susie Dent is an editor and translator, the resident word expert in
Dictionary
Corner on C4's Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and has been on every programme about
words
: 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, and More or Less. Susie also writes regularly for the Radio Times, The Week Junior and The I, and her Word of the Day has attracted over 1,000,000 followers on Twitter.
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Tantallon Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
427.0905 D414e
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