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I can thoroughly recommend this petite but thoughtful book for English teachers, school libraries, and anyone who has an interest in words and quirky formulations. Victoria Elliott, National Association for the Teaching of English a splendid new book about words Daily Express
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`Review from previous edition The indispensable annual update on neologisms' The Times
`This erudite and hugely enjoyable lexicon' The Spectator
`Both informative and entertaining ... combines a journalist's eye for recent quotes, slang and coinages with a scholar's sense of the growth of English as a global family of tongues' The Independent
`A lively volume' The Observer
`A breathtaking guided tour of the English language ... a thorougly entertaining and informative look at the way our language is constantly evolving' Daily Express
`Punchy themed chapters' The Guardian
`Dent's survey of contemporary word usage is lively' Time Out
