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Title	:	The Deeper Meaning of Liff (The Meaning of Liff #2)
Author	:	Douglas Adams
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	April 19th 2005 by Three Rivers Press (first published 1990)
Categories	:	Humor. Nonfiction. Comedy. Humanities. Language. Reference

The Deeper Meaning of Liff (The Meaning of Liff #2) Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

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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.

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Original Title:	The Deeper Meaning of Liff
ISBN:	0307236013 (ISBN13: 9780307236012)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Meaning of Liff #2

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Liff (lif) n.:A common object or experience for which no word yet exists.

I will admit it, if anyone else had written an entire book of definitions that they then attached to the strange names of towns, and cities, there is no way I would have read it, but this, this is written by Douglas Adams, possibly my favorite writer ever. The definitions he invents are so perfect it made me wonder why we don't actually have a word for most of them. It was a fun book to read, and it made me sad to know that he was no longer with us.

Since most of the place names used are from the UK you probably won't get the full humor unless you live there, but the definitions are still entertaining and the concept is terrific.

Weird and funny, just like all Douglas Adams stuff. But unlike other Douglas Adams stuff, this isn't a story. It's really more like an alt-dictionary. It's words he has made up, with the help of some collaboration, and given them meaning. Some of them are funny, and others I suspect WOULD be funny if I were English - he uses many English town names as words, which presumably makes more sense, the more you know about those towns. Having never been to England myself, my knowledge of the ins and

A very funny sequel to The Meaning of Liff. Frequently you will find definitions which make you laugh out loud, and you will wish that you could remember to use at the appropriate time (but you never will!).

At first I was thrilled to get this ebook for $1.99 because I am a huge fan of Hitchhiker's, but after reading about half of the letter A entries I was scratching my head. I thought the "words" would have some rooting in real etymology, which would have been entertainly clever, but all these were just randomly made up words and spit out definitions with not one molecule of actual connection. I could have done that.For a bit the items and situations, which ranged from hilarious to only mildly

I cannot but love this witty little dictionary: the first entry in it is the town where I was born.But this is great reading for non-Aalstians also. It is THE perfect toiletside booklet, it seems to me. Then again, be warned: you might spend more time on the throne than is advisable and your housemates will wonder why each time you come out of the loo you have this big grin on your face.