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An Emotional Dictionary

Real Words for How You Feel from Angst to Zwodder

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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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2022
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Tytuł
An Emotional Dictionary
Podtytuł
Real Words for How You Feel from Angst to Zwodder
Język
angielski
Autorzy
Susie Dent
Rok wydania
2022
Oprawa
twarda
ISBN10
1399807005
ISBN13
9781399807005
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Tagi
Opis
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.