The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For by John Lloyd, Douglas Adams (Hardcover, 2013)

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In Life* there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. On the other hand, the world is littered with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places. Douglas Adams and John Lloyd saw it as their job to get these words down off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they could start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society. The Meaning of Liff was the bestselling humour book that resulted. It sold hundreds of thousands of copies and remains to this day, nearly thirty years later, a much-loved classic of its kind. *And, indeed, Liff

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PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780752227597
eBay Product ID (ePID)5046516218

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Book TitleThe Meaning of Liff: the Original Dictionary of Things there Should Be Words for
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicEducation
GenreHumor
TypeDictionary
AuthorJohn Lloyd, Douglas Adams
FormatHardcover

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Item Height178 mm
Item Weight240 g
Item Width111 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDouglas Adams, John Lloyd

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