{"product_id":"words-we-dont-use","title":"Words We Don't Use","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDiarmaid Ó Muirithe’s column \u003cem\u003eWords We Use\u003c\/em\u003e has been a feature of \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e over many years and has formed a critically acclaimed book of the same name. Now \u003cem\u003eWords We Don’t Use (much anymore)\u003c\/em\u003e is a highly entertaining compendium of words which are either on the brink of extinction or have already been deemed obsolete by the great dictionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eÓ Muirithe’s gentle and witty style reveals his vast knowledge and scholarship in an accessible way. Inside you will find words such as manable, meaning a girl of marriageable age, and adamite, a person who appears nude in public, among many others that you might want to casually drop into your everyday conversation!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWords We Don’t Use\u003c\/em\u003e is a wordsmith’s delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“As entertaining  as his book is, it has an element of the hospital about it, featuring as it does row upon row words in different stages of unwellness.  Some, like discombobulate, have every chance of making a recovery.  Others, like kenspeckle, are probably beyond the reach of medicine”.  \u003cstrong\u003eFrank McNally, Irish Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Ó Muirithe...has nailed it again with his charming, witty and informative...rattlebag”.\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eDonal O’Donoghue, \u003cem\u003eRTE Guide\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“ a treasure trove of a book of over 300 pages”.\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Arnold, \u003cem\u003eEvening Echo.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a compendium of archaic words, or words that have almost completely fallen out of use or have changed their meanings.  Diarmaid Ó Muirithe brings his customary air of erudition lightly worn, presenting his vast knowledge, with gentle wit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Life","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55123887849859,"sku":"9780717154463","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55123887882627,"sku":"9780717148103","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/599c1af5a1deac530a0833c3997e20ae.jpg?v=1777472860","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/words-we-dont-use","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}