A work of considerable interest and charm, dishing up verbal pleasures and surprises on virtually every page * Sentence First blog * Fascinating study of expressions . . . Dent is something of a modern-day Professor Henry Higgins * The Lady * Thoroughly entertaining and illuminating * Independent * This phrasebook is like no other and will help anyone talk the talk - whatever that might be * The Sun * The keys to the mysterious Kingdom of Jargon -- Adam Buxton Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words -- Pam Ayres A brilliant, funny, wise, and illuminating canter through the languages of modern tribes -- Richard Madeley Sparkles with gentle wit, fascinating illustration, and linguistic insight -- David Crystal I thought only criminals had their own words for everything. Dent's Modern Tribes shows me quite how wrong I was -- Lynne Truss A fascinating, joyful look at the tribes all around us, from twitchers to taxi-drivers. A must -- Matt Haig Wonderfully clever and funny . . . a national treasury from a national treasure -- Richard Osman A fabulous read for anyone who loves words, and wants to learn some more. Funny, fact-filled and delightful -- Jonathan Ross

Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4's Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She comments regularly on TV and radio on words in the news, and has contributed to Woman's Hour, 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, More or Less, Today, BBC Breakfast, and R4's Wordaholics.. Susie is the author of several books, and has weekly columns in both the Radio Times and the website Mental Floss.