Susie Dent
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Susie Dent (born 1967) is a British lexicographer. After studying Modern Languages at Oxford University and German at Princeton University, she worked as a language teacher in the USA and for a German publisher before going to work for the Oxford University Press (OUP). She left the OUP in approximately 2000 and now works as a writer and contributor to discussions of language issues and words in the news. She is the author of The Language Report (2003, second edition, titled Larpers and Shroomers: The Language Report, 2004). The third edition Fanboys and Overdogs, was published in October 2005.
Susie is the resident word expert and regular on-screen adjudicator for Channel 4’s Countdown, a show she has appeared on for over ten years, having made over 1000 appearances. In his memoir, Himoff! (2000), Countdown's late presenter, Richard Whiteley testified to Susie's overwhelming popularity with viewers. She is currently consulting on a number of television projects, including a large-scale language venture for the BBC. She is fluent in French and German. She is married, with one child, and currently lives in Oxford.
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