Its list of words in combination is particularly fruitful: a 'Yule-shard', for example, is 'an opprobrious term for someone who leaves work unfinished before Christmas or the New Year'.

Susie Dent has created a new word - 'Eufloria' - which sums up how you feel after receiving a bouquet of flowers. The Countdown lexicographer released the perfectly coined term - a play on ...

Susie Dent has created a new word - 'Eufloria' - which sums up how you feel after receiving a bouquet of flowers. The Countdown lexicographer released the perfectly coined term - a riff on ...

Susie Dent, Britain’s best-known lexicographer and etymologist, is known to share her words of the day on her Twitter account - as she shares her knowledge on obscure English words. But what are ...

After Countdown’s Susie Dent sparked a war of words over how to say ‘mischievous’, Telegraph writers share their own ...

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The words expert also became a patron of the dog breed charity the Pointer Rescue Service in 2023. Dent has also toured theatres in the UK as part of her show Susie Dent: The Secret Lives Of Words.

Susie Dent joins Michael Rosen to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins. It's a programme bringing some apricity, which is one of Susie's favourite words Show more Susie ...

In celebration of the new word, Moonpig has launched a limited edition bouquet named ‘The Eufloria’ to help spread the joy this Mother’s Day. Susie Dent said: "I was delighted to be involved ...