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Dent's Modern Tribes, 9781473623897
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Unlock Britain’s secret languages: tribes, slang, and what makes us tick.

Dent's Modern Tribes

the secret languages of britain

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    11 December 2017

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Summary

Decoding the Tribes: A Journey Through Britain’s Secret Languages

Did you know that a soldier’s biggest social blunder is called jack brew - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can’t be identified - LBJ (the letters stand for Little Brown Job)? Or that builders call plastering the ceiling doing Lionel Richie’s dancefloor? Susie Dent does.

Ever wondered…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781473623897
ISBN-10:1473623898
Author:Susie Dent
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:11 December 2017
Weight:238g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

Wonderfully clever and funny … a national treasury from a national treasure – Richard Osman

Thoroughly entertaining and illuminating - Independent

A fabulous read for anyone who loves words, and wants to learn some more. Funny, fact-filled and delightful

Wonderfully clever and funny … a national treasury from a national treasure

A fascinating, joyful look at the tribes all around us, from twitchers to taxi-drivers. A must

I thought only criminals had their own words for everything. Dent’s Modern Tribes shows me quite how wrong I was

Sparkles with gentle wit, fascinating illustration, and linguistic insight

A brilliant, funny, wise, and illuminating canter through the languages of modern tribes

Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words

About The Author

Susie Dent

Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4’s Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She comments regularly on TV and radio on words in the news, and has contributed to Woman’s Hour, 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, More or Less, Today, BBC Breakfast, and R4’s Wordaholics. Susie is the author of several books, and has weekly columns in the Radio Times.

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