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''No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.''
Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun.

Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown''s Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen''s English Society, QI, Room 101,Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay.

Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable languag

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Will amuse children aged five to fifty and beyond. * Times Literary Supplement *

Word Play

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      Publisher Coronet Books
      Published 25 August 2016
      ISBN-13 9781473620292
      978-1473620292
      ISBN-10 1473620295
      Also in:
      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Linguistics Hobbies, Games & Quizzes Hobbies, quizzes and games Indoor games

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.''
      Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun.

      Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown''s Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen''s English Society, QI, Room 101,Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay.

      Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable languag

      Trade Review
      Will amuse children aged five to fifty and beyond. * Times Literary Supplement *

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