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Susie Dent

Susie Dent is a lexicographer and etymologist. She has appeared in 'Dictionary Corner' on Countdown since 1992, and co-hosts with Gyles Brandreth the podcast ‘Something Rhymes with Purple’.

Article thumbnail: Circa 1834. Oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 29 3/8 inches. Located in the National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK. Recently restored. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)
Susie Dent

Why the Brontë sisters have their dots back at last

Punctuation is a living thing that is morphing in front of our eyes

Susie Dent

Cheer up, Gareth Southgate – the English language skews towards negativity

Susie Dent

Roman contests have nothing on our savage political vocabulary

Article thumbnail: The thesaurus is here with a shedload of terms for quatsch, codswallop, and to borrow fittingly from Boris Johnson, the "inverted pyramid of piffle". (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Susie Dent

Why 'Beyoncé' is the perfect word to add to the French dictionary

Susie Dent

The word 'neek' makes my heart ache for children like me

Article thumbnail: Lee Anderson’s interpretation puts him clearly at odds with the dictionary (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Lee Anderson’s interpretation puts him clearly at odds with the dictionary (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Group of Gen Z people communicating online
Article thumbnail: Group of Gen Z people communicating online
Article thumbnail: At the last count, English holds over 3,000 words for the state of being drunk, including "ramsquaddled", "obfusticated", "pottical", and the curious "been too free with Sir Richard" (Photo: Rawpixel/ Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Article thumbnail: At the last count, English holds over 3,000 words for the state of being drunk, including "ramsquaddled", "obfusticated", "pottical", and the curious "been too free with Sir Richard" (Photo: Rawpixel/ Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Article thumbnail: Dominic Cummings was largely unapologetic when some of his choice language was repeated back to him during the Covid Inquiry (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Dominic Cummings was largely unapologetic when some of his choice language was repeated back to him during the Covid Inquiry (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)