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James Kettle

Claire Jones

Susie Dent

Lloyd Langford

Dave Gorman

Natalie Haynes

Wordaholics: Series 2: Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - Wordaholics, Series 2, Episode 6

Dave Gorman, Susie Dent, Lloyd Langford and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy.

Dave Gorman, Susie Dent, Lloyd Langford and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From 2013.

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show.

Susie Dent and Lloyd Langford compete against Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes for wordy supremacy.
 
Susie Dent reveals two of her favourite now-defunct words from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary are 'pandiculation' (to stretch while yawning) and 'snirtle' (to laugh in a quiet and restrained manner).

Dave Gorman comes up with a new cliche to replace 'Curiosity Killed the Cat, while Natalie Haynes tells us what the Cockney rhyming slang 'a Basil' refers to 

Lloyd Langford asks the meaning of 'dumpoke' from the 1903 dictionary, 'Hobson Jobson - A Glossary of Anglo Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases' (a book which Susie Dent claims is 'a very good read').

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.

Wordaholics: Series 2

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