Word Perfect

''Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language'' Pam Ayres

''Susie Dent is a national treasure'' Richard Osman

Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown''s Dictionary Corner.

From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone''s thunder, from tartle (forgetting someone''s name ...