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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