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Episode 6

Wordaholics Series 2
Episode 6 of 6

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.

Competing for wordy supremacy:

Susie Dent
Lloyd Langford
Dave Gorman
Natalie Haynes

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').

Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.

30 minutes

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Presenter Gyles Brandreth
Writer Jon Hunter
Writer James Kettle
Producer Claire Jones
Panellist Susie Dent
Panellist Lloyd Langford
Panellist Dave Gorman
Panellist Natalie Haynes

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  • Wed 15 May 2013 11:30
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