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Book Description
Once upon a time there was the original (but much tinier) The Meaning of Liff. Now we are pleased to present a book that is truly larger than Liff, The Deeper Meaning of Liff. This volume represents the classic dictionary of words for which no words exist – completely revised, modernized and generally plumped up. Twice as many definitions.* Lavishly illustrated. Crammed with bottom jokes. And here’s a taster . . .

Berrilillock (n.) An unknown workmate who writes "All the best" on your leaving card.
Bodmin (n.) The discrepancy between the amount pooled and the amount needed when a large group of people try to pay a bill together after a meal.
Grimbister (n.) Large body of cars on a motorway all travelling at exactly the speed limit because one of them is a police car.
Noak Hoak (n.) A driver who indicates left and then turns right.
Scrabster (n.) One of those dogs which has it off on your leg during tea.
Skoonspruit (n.) The tiny garden-sprinkler thing your mouth does sometimes for no apparent reason.

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Synopsis
The updated, revised edition of "The Meaning of Liff", with illustrations from "Private Eye" cartoonist Bert Kitchen.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   88 of 91 people found the following review helpful: Pure Genius!, 20 Aug 2001 By A Customer What a fantastic book - what a brilliant concept. Hundreds of words simply wasting their time hanging around on signposts. Hundreds of objects, situations, states of mind etc. for which there are no words in common use. Two quick examples... Have you ever walked along a street, only to encounter someone coming in the opposite direction, at which point you engage in a little dance that involves both of you skipping from side to side, interspersed with apologies? You have? Droitwich! Those bits you find in bacon, that you only actually discover when you bite on them and break your teeth...? Beccles! As for seeing someone you recognise at the opposite end of a long corridor, and judging when is just precisely the right time to let them know you've seen them... well I'll leave that for you to find out yourself. This is a great, great book. One you can come back to time and time again, and always find yourself sniggering, or laughing out loud, or sometimes just nodding sagely (with a smirk at your mouth!). If anything, The Deeper Meaning of Liff is not quite as good as the original Meaning of Liff, the former being a thicker version of the latter (extended by using words hanging around on non-British signposts), but if you don't have the original, you might as well buy this. It can only be 5 stars! Fantastic!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   31 of 32 people found the following review helpful: Random, hilarious...the best book in the world., 12 Aug 2001 By A Customer Douglas Adams has already become famous with the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy with it's really random approach to the world in his classic sci-fi humour. In the Deeper Meaning of Liff, Douglas teams up with John LLoyd to make the ultimate in random and true humour. If things that are funny becasue they're true are you thing, then you will instantly fall in love with this book. There is not a single page where there isn't at least one word that will set you bursting out with laughter. All words are place names from around the word and some words even have illustrations to go with them. What should really be known as the random bible, The Deeper Meaning of Liff is a collection of common objects or experiences for which there is no word for it and damn, is it funny or what? Even the little bit at the beginning about the preface reprints is hilarious. So why not sit back when your bored, get the Deeper Meaning of Liff off the shelves and prepare to be laughing for ages, therefore making it the worst book to take to places where you must be quiet. Genius.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   13 of 13 people found the following review helpful: This is a work of genius., 24 Mar 2001 By A Customer This book is a great companion when touring the country. Look again at all those boring road signs and look up the definitions that have been assigned to them. Never again will journeys be dull. Witty, hilarious and some just down right rude, this is the work of a warped mind and it's brilliant! One of the most tumbed books in my collection. Every "Hitch Hikers Guide" fan will love this and so will others new to Adams' work. Not yet met anyone who didn't appreciate it.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 11 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Entertaining, but slight This is an excellent little humourous dictionary of things that don't actually have names, but really should (like those corrugated bits of flesh you get round your ankles from... Read more Published 14 months ago by dogbarkssome Disappointing I was expecting something readible, and entertaining. I would advise anyone considering buying this book to buy Salmon of Doubt instead. Read more Published 15 months ago by Mike This book had me helpless with laughter A wonderful concept. Douglas Adams and John Lloyd used actual place names from the UK and beyond, and then assigned meanings to them for situations and descriptions of things... Read more Published on 27 Jun 2001 Save the language - recycle place names! The idea behind The Meaning of Liff, first published in 1983, as well as The Deeper Meaning of Liff, which followed seven years later, is actually quite simple. Read more Published on 6 Dec 2000 by Primoz Peterlin Reading this book is akin to taking a soak in a hot bath This book is a 'dictionary' of words for things or situations which there are no specific words yet. Read