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A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. Afterliff, its long-awaited sequel, corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts.

This brilliant successor to Douglas Adams'' and John Lloyd''s 1983 classic The Meaning of Liff features over 900 essential new definitions, including:

Anglesey n.
Hypothetical object at which a lazy eye is looking.

Badlesmeare n.
One who dishonestly ticks the ''I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions'' box.

Caterham n.
An overwhelming desire to use the Pope''s hat as an oven glove.

Clavering ptcpl v.
Pretending to text when alone and feeling vulnerable in public.

Eworthy adj.
Of a person: worth emailing but not worth phoning or meeting.

Kanumbra n.
The sense that someone is standing behind you.

Ljubljana interj.
What people say to the dentist on the wa

Afterliff

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 15 August 2013
      ISBN-13 9780571301690
      978-0571301690
      ISBN-10 057130169X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. Afterliff, its long-awaited sequel, corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts.

      This brilliant successor to Douglas Adams'' and John Lloyd''s 1983 classic The Meaning of Liff features over 900 essential new definitions, including:

      Anglesey n.
      Hypothetical object at which a lazy eye is looking.

      Badlesmeare n.
      One who dishonestly ticks the ''I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions'' box.

      Caterham n.
      An overwhelming desire to use the Pope''s hat as an oven glove.

      Clavering ptcpl v.
      Pretending to text when alone and feeling vulnerable in public.

      Eworthy adj.
      Of a person: worth emailing but not worth phoning or meeting.

      Kanumbra n.
      The sense that someone is standing behind you.

      Ljubljana interj.
      What people say to the dentist on the wa

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