Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

A fun and funny gift book by Susie Dent, the lexicographer and etymology expert for the cult British game show Countdown, aimed at the popular market. Word Perfect is a collection of 365 words and their origins, in a bitesize format.

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Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

by Susie Dent

Our most recommended books

The F-Word by Jesse Sheidlower

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The F-Word
by Jesse Sheidlower

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
by Oxford University Press

Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande

Slang To-day and Yesterday
by Eric Partridge

Garner's Modern English Usage (5th edition)
by Bryan A. Garner