Susie Dent ✓
@susie_dent · joined 10 Nov 2014
That woman in Dictionary Corner. @susiedent.bsky.social
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For those interested in how dictionaries are made, as well as the secret lives of the apparently ordinary words we use, may I recommend this podcast? It’s made by two colleagues at the Oxford English Dictionary who really know their stuff.
https://t.co/8KT8LLKUwd
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There are a few tickets left for my show in Durham tomorrow. Word Perfect is (I hope) a funny, educational, and occasionally irreverent look at language and its stories. My favourite bit? Where I attempt to answer as many questions from my audience as I can.
Do join me! https://
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Word of the Day is a reminder of ‘tsundoku’: the pile of unread books you can’t help but add to at every opportunity.
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@susie_dent I get mubble-fubbles every Sunday starting at 5 PM, unless if Monday is a Holiday, which then I get hubble-bubbles.
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@susie_dent I've got the phew-sodyews (21st century) means to have a feeling of immense relief that the insane heatwaves might be over for 9 months or so
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@susie_dent I absolutely do not have the mubble-fubbles. Is there an alternative as to when someone enjoys autumn winter?
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In case anyone needs it, to have the ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century) means to have a fit of despondency or low spirits, such as the end-of-summer blues.
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Thanks so much to those who have already bought or borrowed a copy of Death Writ Large. These first few weeks are always nerve-wracking so I am especially grateful for the positive comments.
Each chapter begins with a word from the past which is relevant to the events that http
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Welcome to all the new players of Two Words who heard it mentioned on Catsdown. For anyone who fancies a game against another player (or a brainy bot) here’s the link. https://t.co/VA1lhtdDY2. And a big thank you to everyone who’s joined in so far. It can be as simple or as
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Today's the day, when Death Writ Large is out in the world. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, championed, and ordered the continuation of Martha’s story that I began in Guilty by Definition. I hope you enjoy uncovering the secrets in its pages as much as I enjoyed hiding ht
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@susie_dent If you eat it then you don't have it any more. It's now gone. Isn't that straightforward?
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I’ve recently launched a newsletter on language and its origins. Today’s post is on the expressions in English that make no sense at all. Why can’t we have our cake and eat it too: isn’t that why we choose cake in the first place?
The link to the newsletter is in this thread htt
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Against accounts of the same size
10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.
Median views35 431this account14 648median for 1M–10M
Reach, %3.54%this account0.74%median for 1M–10M
Engagement, %1.53%this account0.70%median for 1M–10M
| Metric | This account | Median for 1M–10M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 35 431 | 14 648 | 2.42× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 3.54% | 0.74% | 4.78× |
| Engagement rate | 1.53% | 0.70% | 2.19× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
103.2K25 Jun
19.2K
425
36.1K13 Aug
61K17 Aug
35.4K20 Aug
144.3K31 Aug
405
505
554
205.6K4 Sep
35.5K11 Sep
25.8K24 Sep
Last 13 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
1.22%25 Jun
0.40%
0.94%
0.58%13 Aug
0.30%17 Aug
0.98%20 Aug
3.59%31 Aug
1.98%
1.78%
2.89%
3.23%4 Sep
0.86%11 Sep
1.28%24 Sep
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 0.70%.
What the audience does
Likes79.2%12 223 in total
Reposts12.0%1 853 in total
Replies2.0%309 in total
Quotes1.2%187 in total
Bookmarks5.6%859 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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