'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun. Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, regular, reporter, denizen of 's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society and survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay. if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.