false 140419 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172117052m/140419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172117052s/140419.jpg The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, recently released as a major motion picture. He died in 2001.

John Lloyd is (he says) Britain’s most successful television comedy producer since Chaucer and is responsible for Not the Nine O’Clock News, Spitting Image, and Blackadder, among others.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2322 14 1120220 book 1983 The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be total:754|5:207|4:254|3:207|2:80|1:6| 754 2838 1280 44 4 4.06 180922 6297 1579 3.80 1609 248 70648073 1036072 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.73 547 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 15:55:19 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 16:11:44 -0700 2009 Eads: The sludgy bits at the bottom of the dustbin, underneath the actual bin liner.
Patney: Something your n...more...]]> 34081853 1447864 64119 0330281216 9780330281218 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088m/64119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088s/64119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64119.The_Meaning_of_Liff 3.84 125 1983 5 10 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Sep 28 19:01:35 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 03 21:29:41 -0800 2009 The Meaning of Life at first glance and this (undoubtedly common) optical aberration made what I discovered inside so much funnier.

This is a wonderfully creative book. It’s a list of definition...more...]]> 1716775 84660 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Wed Jun 06 11:20:45 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:52:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2699050 64078 140419 0330322206 9780330322201 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172117052m/140419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172117052s/140419.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140419.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.85 33 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, recently released as a major motion picture. He died in 2001.

John Lloyd is (he says) Britain’s most successful television comedy producer since Chaucer and is responsible for Not the Nine O’Clock News, Spitting Image, and Blackadder, among others.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 1983 5 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 02:05:31 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:35:29 -0800 2009
This is a dictionary of those things.

Ely: The feeling that something, somewhere has just gone horribly wrong.

As an added twist, each of the words defined in the...more...]]> 6609889 391735 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 1 0 false Sat Sep 22 12:24:19 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 24 13:27:27 -0700 2008
Depford(n).
The Disappoi...more...]]> 2835822 177596 632035 0517553473 9780517553473 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177464579m/632035.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177464579s/632035.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/632035.The_Meaning_of_Liff 3.91 22 1983 4 0 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jul 08 12:55:58 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 03 06:45:54 -0700 2008
"Tolob - A crease or fold in an underb...more...]]> 49593430 2137841 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Mar 17 15:14:13 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 15:16:15 -0700 2009 78052073 2952466 64119 0330281216 9780330281218 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088m/64119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088s/64119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64119.The_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 1983 5 0 false Tue Nov 17 02:07:54 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 02:08:57 -0800 2009 60397254 2435712 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 05:52:11 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 06:02:43 -0700 2009 40322945 1807351 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 2 0 false Wed Dec 17 13:15:40 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 13:17:19 -0800 2008 40409307 671896 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Thu Dec 18 15:57:40 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 15:58:13 -0800 2008 2348166 88593 64119 0330281216 9780330281218 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088m/64119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088s/64119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64119.The_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 1983 4 0 false Sun Jun 24 23:13:53 -0700 2007 Fri May 16 02:44:39 -0700 2008
For years, people have been complaining that nowadays we only use a tiny fraction of English vocabulary. On the other hand, there are words we need to fit into our brain, because it's important (names of cities, streets, etc.)

Why not combine them both?...more...]]> 39014924 1762212 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 2 0 false Mon Dec 01 06:43:01 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 12:54:56 -0800 2008 7053348 437252 632035 0517553473 9780517553473 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177464579m/632035.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177464579s/632035.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/632035.The_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 1983 5 0 false Sun Sep 30 18:04:58 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 15:25:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 26623573 1308512 64119 0330281216 9780330281218 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088m/64119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088s/64119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64119.The_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 1983 4 0 false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 04:03:38 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 04:10:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 711812 58940 64119 0330281216 9780330281218 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088m/64119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621088s/64119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64119.The_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 1983 3 0 false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Apr 13 16:33:39 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 14 12:29:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 14973450 698222 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 5 0 false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Feb 09 06:51:47 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 06:58:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 387641 31879 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 4 0 false Thu Mar 22 15:01:05 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 28 21:22:11 -0700 2007 Dalfibble (DAL-fib-ul) vb.
To spend large periods of your life looking for car keys.
Memus (MEE-mus) n.
The little trick people use to remind themselves which is left and which is right.
Smyrna (SMUR-nah) n.
The expression on the face of one whose joke has just gone down rat...more...]]> 37704692 68725 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 5 0 false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 06:43:28 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 06:50:36 -0800 2008
I can't say I've read them all (yet), but I get going and within a few I'm laughing so hard, my sides hurt.

As one might expect, the extra stuff--maps, index, etc.--to this book are hila...]]> 23597810 1191947 2322 0307236013 9780307236012 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036m/2322.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160891036s/2322.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2322.The_Deeper_Meaning_of_Liff 3.76 754 Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 1983 5 0 false Tue Jun 03 08:22:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 08:25:51 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=140419