Words by Susie Dent
Substack newsletter · by Susie Dent · en-gb
A lively look at the words making headlines, the words worth reviving, the words we really need, and the words with magnificently secret histories.
- Audience
- 12K subscribers
- Shown publicly on Substack
- Publishing
- Weekly
- 11 posts indexed in the last 90 days
- Last post
- Oct 9, 2026
- 20 days ago
- Likely audience
- language enthusiasts
- Inferred from post content
Momentum
#374 on Substack's Culture leaderboard
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Words by Susie Dent is a Substack newsletter by Susie Dent covering Linguistics, Etymology and Word Origins. NewsletterFIT indexed 11 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 9, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 12K subscribers. It ranks #374 on Substack's Culture leaderboard.
Topics
- Linguistics
- Etymology
- Word Origins
- Vocabulary
- Language evolution
Recent posts
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