An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder

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An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder by Susie Dent

Whether it's the distress of a bad haircut (AGE-OTORI) or longing for the food someone else is eating (GROAKING), the pleasure found in other people's happiness (CONFELICITY) or the shock of jumping into icy water (CURGLAFF), 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 (CWTCH), the relief found in swearing (LALOCHEZIA), or the ability to endure till the end (PERTOLERANCE).

It's time to rediscover the lost positives of language (and be more GORM); 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.

An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder - About the Author

Susie Dent is 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.

  • Language

    Miscellaneous

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Book Binding

    Hardback

  • Book Dimensions

    14.61 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm

  • Book Format

    Unabridged

  • Book Genre

  • Book ISBN

    9781529379679

  • Book Page Count

    400

  • Book Publication Date

    13 Oct. 2022

  • Book Publisher

    John Murray

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