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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of “Around The World in 80 Words” by Paul Anthony Jones!
11th November 2018
We are delighted to offer 3 copies of Around The World in 80 Words as our giveaway this week – a journey through the English Language by Paul Anthony Jones. Thank you so much to the publisher Elliott and Thompson for making this possible!
In this captivating round-the-world jaunt, Paul Anthony Jones reveals the hidden histories, tales and global adventures that lie within the pages of our dictionaries. It is a beautifully presented book that offers fascinating facts and insights into the origins of words and concepts.
This is a wonderful book – ESPECIALLY with Christmas on the horizon – for all those who love learning new things, who love the detail of etymology… the book has clearly been a research project and a labour of love.
How to Enter:
Tell us your favourite all-time word in the English language – perhaps because it sounds good; or it’s daft, or it’s hard to say; or it has a wonderfully interesting meaning – weird and wonderful is ok too! We will start the ball rolling with a few of our own:
- Abibliophobia (the fear of running out of books!)
- Obfuscate
- Mellifluous
- Discombobulate…..
Enter by midnight on Saturday, 25th November and the first three names out of the hat will each win a copy! UK ONLY!
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The Winners are:
Alyson R
Heather TW
Richard F
collywobbles
Discombobulated
Ombrogenous – rain-fed peat bog
Slipshod
Rouzy-bouzy – the very best word for boisterously drunk. It should be back in everyday usage. The perfect description of so many student parties, it makes me smile just saying the word. Who hasn’t been a bit rouzy-bouzy in their youth?
I love Petrichor!
cephalophore: decapitated saint who picks up their head and wanders around preaching or setting up a monastery. Hundreds roamed Europe during the middle ages
You took mine! Discombobulated. It sounds like something Mary Poppins made up but it’s a real word. Also, I have never heard anyone say that they are combobulated.
Qualia
“Poltroon.”
Even feels good, but appropriately contemptuous, saying it.
Gobbledygook
Somnambulist
I had to think long and hard about this as it seems that all my favourite words are Scottish ones! But if pressed, I’m quite partial to “rapscallion” and “befuddle”.
Bumfled , my gran used this, as in something being rumpled up, it’s a Scottish term x
Discombobulate – when I first heard this word on a quiz show, I honestly didn’t believe it was a real word. Since then, I’ve heard it several times and I love the sound of it.
Serendipity love the sound and believe in it too
Always used to be borborygmus, but abibliophobia now comes a close second!
Hobbledehoy, I love this word meaning a clumsy, gawky youth.
Transubstantiation – wrote it so many times during my A level history!
Discombobulate