Horrible words - Rebecca Gowers

'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 barbarous
howlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguistic
badlands, Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful, surprising and
often extremely funny.

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

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