The Meaning of Liff The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For From The Internationally Bestselling Author of The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy

<p>From Douglas Adams (<i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i>) and John Lloyd (<i>Blackadder</i>, <i>Spitting Image</i>, <i>QI</i>), this is the 42nd anniversary edition of The Meaning of Liff. Revised, updated and ready to change your life.<br><br>In life, there are hundreds of familiar experiences, feelings and objects for which no words exist, yet hundreds of strange words are idly loafing around on signposts, pointing at places. <i>The Meaning of Liff</i> connects the two. This is a hilariously essential dictionary of things there should be words for - where all the words themselves are recycled place names.<br><br>BERRIWILLOCK (n.) – An unknown workmate who writes ‘All the best’ on your leaving card.<br><br>ELY (n.) – The first, tiniest inkling that something, somewhere has gone terribly wrong.<br><br>GRIMBISTER (n.) – Large body of cars on a motorway all travelling at exactly the speed limit because one of them is a police car.<br><br>KETTERING (n.) – The marks left on your bottom or thighs after sunbathing on a wickerwork chair.<br><br>OCKLE (n.) – An electrical switch which appears to be off in both positions.<br><br>WOKING (ptcpl.vb.) – Standing in the kitchen wondering what you came in here for.<br><br><b>42 years later, <i>The Meaning of Liff</i> is back, but in a snazzier jacket.<br><br>Think of it as a mid-liff crisis. </b></p>