{"product_id":"the-deeper-meaning-of-liff","title":"The Deeper Meaning of Liff","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rollicking, thought-provoking dictionary for the modern age, featuring definitions for those things we don't have words for, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author behind \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e, Douglas Adams, and TV producer John Lloyd. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoes the sensation of \u003cb\u003eTingrith\u003c\/b\u003e(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone \u003cb\u003eAhenny\u003c\/b\u003e(2)? Can you deal with a\u003cb\u003e Naugatuck\u003c\/b\u003e(3) without causing a \u003cb\u003eToronto\u003c\/b\u003e(4)? Will you suffer from\u003cb\u003e Kettering\u003c\/b\u003e(5) this summer? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003elacunae\u003c\/b\u003e(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: \u003ci\u003eThe Deeper Meaning of Liff\u003c\/i\u003e--a whole new solution to the problem of \u003cb\u003eGreat Wakering\u003c\/b\u003e(8) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1--The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2--The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 3--A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off \u003cbr\u003e the corners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 5--The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you've been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 6--God knows what this means \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 7--For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 8--Look it up yourself.","brand":"Crown Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833740964045,"sku":"9780307236012","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_8945493e-3a54-4f14-b6c6-ba3027db8ff8.jpg?v=1790897530","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-deeper-meaning-of-liff","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}