From the follow-up to his bestselling Gallivanting with Words, Colm O'Regan returns to the wonderful world of Hiberno-English.

Tipping Away explores the language we use every day in kitchens, pubs, building sites, fishing boats and WhatsApp groups: the words, sayings and grammar that help us get the job done and get along with each other. Funny and insightful, it's a celebration of some of Ireland's hardest-working words and how history and popular culture have shaped them. "I learned as much as I laughed" (Paul Howard).