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Comeback Quote by Susie Dent

“I like to introduce a few lost gems when I can to fellow word-lovers, and would genuinely love some of them to make a comeback.” quote by Susie Dent — Download Open image

“I like to introduce a few lost gems when I can to fellow word-lovers, and would genuinely love some of them to make a comeback.”

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As dialect began to be collected in the late 19th century, such words as Yorkshire's 'gobslotch' emerged, revealing the burgeoning association between gluttony and…

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I don't intentionally eavesdrop. I'm not looking for salacious gossip, I'm just looking for vocabulary items.

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English has always been a mongrel tongue, snapping up words from every continent its speakers encountered.

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