Wyse Words: A Dictionary for the Bewildered

Wyse Words is a collection of words that should exist, but don't, helping us define an increasingly bewildering world. Wonderfully funny, yet touchingly human, this is a book that encapsulates a spirit of the times. Suckwit: What you become if you attempt not to sound out of breath during a conversation with your crush, having bumped into them at the gym. Combined with the inevitable holding-in of the stomach, the overall effect is so unpleasant, you would be more cool if you just stood there and wet yourself. Chronanism: Watching a movie you already have the DVD of, just because it is on TV; Googling ex-lovers; contemplating a cheese diary; starting a charity bag; experimenting with screensavers—in other words the special collection of vague activities that gets you from 11 p.m. (when you were totally ready for bed) to 1:30 a.m.