Horrible Words

'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The Times

Nothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization.But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as vile and barbaroushowlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguisticbadlands, Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful, surprising andoften extremely funny.

'Exuberant, erudite, informative and fun ... a call on allEnglish-speakers to trust their own feel for their language, to relishtheir verbal inventiveness and to do battle against the pedants who tellthem they are wrong' Michael Skapinker, Financial Times

'A very useful book, packed with good historical sense' Lynne Truss, The Times

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Will have you enraptured by etymology ... Hugely enjoyable