The Meaning of Liff

Name: The Meaning of Liff
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SKU: 9781035051458
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The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For

By John Lloyd and Douglas Adams

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From Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and John Lloyd (Blackadder, QI), this is the 42nd anniversary edition of The Meaning of Liff. Revised, updated and ready to change your life. In life, there are hundreds of familiar experiences, feelings and objects for which... Read More

Format: Hardback

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The Meaning of Liff

The 42nd-anniversary edition of the classic dictionary, revised and updated to include elements from The Deeper Meaning of Liff. The perfect gift for Christmas, a birthday, or a particularly tricky Thursday . . .

Description

From Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and John Lloyd (Blackadder, QI), this is the 42nd anniversary edition of The Meaning of Liff. Revised, updated and ready to change your life.

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. The Meaning of Liff connects the two.

BERRIWILLOCK (n.) – An unknown workmate who writes ‘All the best’ on your leaving card.

ELY (n.) – The first, tiniest inkling that something, somewhere has gone terribly wrong.

GRIMBISTER (n.) – Large body of cars on a motorway all travelling at exactly the speed limit because one of them is a police car.

KETTERING (n.) – The marks left on your bottom or thighs after sunbathing on a wickerwork chair.

OCKLE (n.) – An electrical switch which appears to be off in both positions.

WOKING (ptcpl.vb.) – Standing in the kitchen wondering what you came in here for.

Praise for Douglas Adams:

‘Sheer delight’ – The Times

‘One of the world’s sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices’ – Independent on Sunday

‘Magical . . . read this book’ – Sunday Express

‘A pleasure to read’ – The New York Times

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035051458

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He lectured and broadcasted around the world, and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK, and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.

John Lloyd is one of the most successful comedy television producers of all time, having been responsible for Not the Nine O’Clock News, Blackadder, QI and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.