According to Oxford University Press lexicographer Susie Dent, this versatility is one of the reasons that the word has been linguistically "successful".
Since 2002 Ayres has appeared a number of times on Channel 4 in Countdowns Dictionary Corner alongside Susie Dent.
From 2003 to 2007 she was the author of a series of annual Language Reports for the OUP.
Goodwin more recently appeared on Countdown in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent, hosted by Des O'Connor and Carol Vorderman from 27 July to 7 August 2007 (excluding the weekends in between).
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