Wicked Words is a Horrible Histories book written by Terry Deary about linguistics. The chapters go in an A-Z style. It was first published on the 19th of July 1996. On the 2nd of June 2011 it was republished in a new look.
Description[]
Learn what to do if someone calls you...
Illustrators: Philip Reeve and Martin Brown
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The English language
Contents[]
- Introduction - 7
- Timeline - 12
- Awful
- Blood
- Chaucer's Chicken - 26
- Clever Caxton - 31
- Daft - 33
- Deads - 43
- - 48
- Speech - 56
- Foreign Languages - 63
- Groovy Games with Wicked Words - 65
- Gruesome Wicked Grammar - 74
- Hocus Wicked Pocus - 76
- Ice-cool Wicked Invaders - 79
- Interesting Wicked Initials - 82
- Jolly Wicked Jargon - 85
- Jesting Wicked Johnson - 91
- Knock-knock Wicked - 94
- Lousy Wicked Latin - 97
- Muddled Mrs Malaprop - 98
- Nasty
Additional info[]
- ISBN: 9781407111933
- For ages 8+
- Paperback
- 192 Pages
- Releases: 19 July 1996 (For Original Edition) and 2nd June 2011
- Author: Terry Deary
- Illustrators: Philip Reeve and Martin Brown (Martin Brown for Front Cover of new look edition)
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 1.2 x 21.6 CM