“Wordwatching” by Alex Horne (2010)

“I love words.”

Alex Horne is probably best known these days for being the downtrodden genius behind Taskmaster, probably the greatest television show ever. Prior to this, however, he wrote a couple of books. The first was dedicated to birdwatching, and in his second, he turned his attention to the world of words, setting himself a single goal: get a word into the dictionary.

Deciding that, as he approaches his thirtieth birthday, that it’s time to make his mark on the world, Alex find...