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Words Words Words
1.  Words Words Words by David Crystal
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  "Word stories"
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Balderdash & Piffle
2.  Balderdash & Piffle by Alex Games
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  "Great TV series"
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Movers and Shakers: A chronology of words that shaped our age
3.  Movers and Shakers: A chronology of words that shaped our age by John Ayto
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  "The history of popular words"
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Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary
4.  Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary by Michael Quinion
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  "The Lost Words"
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the language report
5.  the language report by Susie Dent
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  "New Words for 2006"
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I Wish I'd Said That: A Little Book of Humorous Quotations
6.  I Wish I'd Said That: A Little Book of Humorous Quotations by Ned Sherrin
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  "Endlessly entertaining"
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Beyond Words: How Language Reveals the Way We Live Now
7.  Beyond Words: How Language Reveals the Way We Live Now by John Humphrys
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  "A thoroughly enjoyable grumble"
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Eats Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
8.  Eats Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
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  "The zero tolerance classic"
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The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left
9.  The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left by David Crystal
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  "The other side of the argument"
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