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WELCOME TO THE FIRST TRULY HUMAN DICTIONARY. There are real words to pinpoint how you feel, and SUSIE DENT, Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner and lexicographer extraordinaire, is going to help you find them. age-otori the misery of a bad haircut; curglaff the shock of cold water; lalochezia the relief of swearing; uhtcearu pre-dawn anxiety; confelicity pleasure in other people's joy; cwtch the best kind of hug. It's time to rediscover the lost positives of language (and be more gorm), to find out how a stork gave us a word for the love between parent and child, and to learn the identity of the first maverick. On a mission to describe the indescribable, this life-enhancing book will deepen your vocabulary as much as it extends it. Plot a path past the doldrums and you might end up on cloud nine. respair a recovery from despair.
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An Emotional Dictionary, Susie Dent
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- Released
- 2022
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- Title
- An Emotional Dictionary
- Subtitle
- Real Words for How You Feel from Angst to Zwodder
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Susie Dent
- Publisher
- John Murray (Publishers)
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1399807005
- ISBN13
- 9781399807005
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- WELCOME TO THE FIRST TRULY HUMAN DICTIONARY. There are real words to pinpoint how you feel, and SUSIE DENT, Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner and lexicographer extraordinaire, is going to help you find them. age-otori the misery of a bad haircut; curglaff the shock of cold water; lalochezia the relief of swearing; uhtcearu pre-dawn anxiety; confelicity pleasure in other people's joy; cwtch the best kind of hug. It's time to rediscover the lost positives of language (and be more gorm), to find out how a stork gave us a word for the love between parent and child, and to learn the identity of the first maverick. On a mission to describe the indescribable, this life-enhancing book will deepen your vocabulary as much as it extends it. Plot a path past the doldrums and you might end up on cloud nine. respair a recovery from despair.