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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of places inspiring definitions in the Meaning of Liff (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The following is a partial list of places inspiring definitions in the humor book The Meaning of Liff, or its updated and expanded edition, The Deeper Meaning of Liff.
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	Science Fair Projects - The Meaning of Liff
		The Meaning of Liff (ISBN 0517553473) is a humorous dictionary written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, published in Britain in 1983.
		A revised and expanded edition of the original book, with about twice as many definitions, was more broadly published in 1990 as The Deeper Meaning of Liff (ISBN 0517585979).
		It is a "dictionary of things that there aren't any words for yet": all the words listed are place names, and describe common feelings and objects for which there is no current English word.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/The_Meaning_of_Liff (364 words)

	The Meaning of Liff - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Meaning of Liff (UK Edition: ISBN 0330281216, US Edition: ISBN 0517553473) is a humorous dictionary written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, published in Britain in 1983 (and received its first publication in the USA in 1984).
		A revised and expanded edition of the original book, with about twice as many definitions, was more broadly published in 1990 as The Deeper Meaning of Liff (UK Edition: ISBN 0330316060, US Edition: ISBN 0517585979).
		The book is named after the town of Liff in Scotland.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/The_Meaning_of_Liff (300 words)

	The Meaning of Liff: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		In 1964 for the 10th time in his major-league baseball career, Mickey Mantle hit home runs from both the left and ride sides of the plate in the same game - setting a new baseball record.
		The Meaning of Liff is a humorous dictionary written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.
		The according to Adams' account in The Salmon of Doubt, the Meaning of Liff grew out of an old school game, and started when he and Lloyd were on holiday together.
	www.encyclopedian.com /th/The-Meaning-of-Liff.html (183 words)

	Lineox Linux LIFF
		LIFF will be integral part as documentation center of soon to be released Lineox Linux operating system versions.
		LIFF uses the same structure for its menus for program groups as are used to classify RPM packages.
		LIFF CD-ROM can be used to browse documents it contains, but the search function doesn't work unless LIFF is installed to a Linux machine with Apache WWW server and htdig search engine installed.
	www.lineox.net /liff.php (607 words)

	LIFF.COMEGETSOME.AT
		Our liff dictionary gives words - which happen to be actual names of towns or cities somewhere in the world - to objects and experiences that demand to be named, but never have been.
		You are invited to browse or search our liff dictionary or even add a liff to our forum.
		A short legal notice: all liffs are copyrighted and belong to their authors.
	liff.comegetsome.at (145 words)

	Meaning of Liff, The - Douglas Adams - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Meaning of Liff, The - Douglas Adams : Mostly Pointless
		Meaning of Liff, The - Douglas Adams : Liff, the Universe and Everything.
		Meaning of Liff, The - Douglas Adams : Hooray for English Eccentricity!
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/meaning-of-liff-the-douglas-adams (291 words)

	Douglas Adams. The Meaning of Liff
		This means that no matter how much crail you remove from the garden, more of it will rise to the surface.
		If you've just mended a fuse, changed a bulb or fixed a blender, the exeter is the small, flat or round plastic or bakelite piece left over which means you have to undo everything and start all over again.
		LIFF (n.) A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover.
	www.lib.ru /ADAMS/liff.txt (13285 words)

	Douglas Adams. The Meaning of Liff
		This means that no matter how much crail you remove from the garden, more of it will rise to the surface.
		If you've just mended a fuse, changed a bulb or fixed a blender, the exeter is the small, flat or round plastic or bakelite piece left over which means you have to undo everything and start all over again.
		LIFF (n.) A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover.
	lib.ru /ADAMS/liff.txt (13285 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Deeper Meaning of Liff: Books: Douglas Adams,John Lloyd,Bert Kitchen
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Deeper-Meaning-Liff-Douglas-Adams/dp/0330322206 (1333 words)

	Urban Dictionary: liff
		See the book the "Meaning of Liff" Its written by Douglas Adams writer of the Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy.
		The competish for the liff was protested by Dum Dum because he has more exspear then the other guy, but because he almost kill a few guy he doesnt get.
		The liff can be found in the back of the depot behind a few skid.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=liff (282 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Even Deeper Meaning Of Liff - The Saga Continues... - A846065
		The Even Deeper Meaning Of Liff - The Saga Continues...
		For those of you who are unaware of The Meaning of Liff and The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, they're books.
		One who actually looks forward to having the 'flu, as being confined to bed is the only way they can get a bit of peace and quiet and catch up with all the reading that they've been meaning to do for ages but could never find the time.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A846065 (2366 words)

	Nederlandse versie van The Meaning of Liff
		Dit is een nederlandse variant van "The Meaning of Liff" van wijlen Douglas Adams (de auteur van de vijf boeken van het steeds meer ten onrechte trilogie genoemde Transgalactisch liftershandboek) en John Lloyd.
		Our job, as we see it, is to get these words down off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they can start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society.
		Tijdens mijn vakantie in Groot-Britannië had ik het geluk een exemplaar van "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" op de kop te kunnen tikken.
	home.hccnet.nl /a.m.smit (281 words)

	MEANING OF LIFF av Douglas Adams, John Lloyd - 0330281216 - Internetbokhandeln.se
		MEANING OF LIFF av Douglas Adams, John Lloyd - 0330281216 - Internetbokhandeln.se
		In life and, indeed, in liff, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist.
		Det finns inga recensioner av MEANING OF LIFF än.
	www.internetbokhandeln.se /X/bok0330281216.html (0 words)

	The Meaning of Liff - susning.nu
		Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff, 1983, ISBN 0330281216, kolla fakta hos:
		Meaning of Liff är en humoristisk förteckning över alla de där orden för saker, känslor och företeelser som man tidigare har saknat ord för.
		Som kuriositet kan nämnas att orten Visby finns med i boken The Deeper Meaning of Liff.
	susning.nu /The_Meaning_of_Liff (93 words)

	The Meaning of Orange
		Everyone just HAS to know what that crazy Trillian means when she (I) keeps saying 'orange'.
		Now, these people didn't necessarily believe in aliens or the whole thing with Roswell; they were just looking for some meaning in life, some entertainment, some escape from their physical environment.
		So, this is where I leave it up to you, as readers, to decide for yourselves what the deep meaning of orange might be.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/sux/orange.html (569 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Adams and The Deeper Meaning Of Liff
		The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be (ISBN: 0307236013)
		The updated, revised edition of "The Meaning of Liff", with illustrations from "Private Eye" cartoonist Bert Kitchen.
		The Deeper Meaning Of Liff (With John Lloyd)
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/an/Adams+/tn/+The+Deeper+Meaning+Of+Liff (1266 words)

	QI Talk Forum \| View topic - The Meaning of Liff
		The object of the game is to find something for which no word exists in English, and marry it to a real placename from anywhere in the world.
		You have a clear start on the rest of us, so you may be able to help with a meaning for which a word is needed: that vague feeling of regret you get when you hear that someone has died who you had no idea was still alive (some half-famous jazz musician or whatever).
		Winterslow: the co-efficient point at which your irritation with your parents for asking repeatedly what you are planning to do for Christmas is at its greatest, when plotted against the time that's still left to run until Christmas itself.
	www.qi.com /talk/viewtopic.php?t=16 (522 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Meaning of Liff: Books: Douglas Adams,John Lloyd
		The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams
		The Deeper Meaning of Liff (TDMOF) is an updated edition of The Meaning of Liff (TMOF), it contains all the definitions found in TMOF and a significant number more.
		The meaning of Liff is unputdownable...not as much as in the best seller sense as a cigarette addiction..
	www.amazon.co.uk /Meaning-Liff-Douglas-Adams/dp/0330281216 (978 words)

	Douglas Adams. The Meaning of Liff
		A taxi driver's gesture, a raised hand pointed out of the window which purports to mean 'thank you' and actually means 'fuck off out of the way'.
		The small awkward-shaped piece of cheese which remains after grating a large regular-shaped piece of cheese and enables you to cut your fingers.
		A point made for the sevent time to somebody who insisits that they know exactly what you mean but clearly hasn't got the faintest idea.
	lib.ru /ADAMS/liff.txt_with-big-pictures.html (12428 words)

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		He is primarily known as the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, the Dirk Gently Holistic Detective stories, and of course The Meaning of Liff.
		I took the 'Liff' idea, but used jargon phrases rather than town names.
		When someone brings out a book like 'The Meaning of Liff' and you think, 'Why the hell didn't I do that book first?!' you're actually experiencing mississippi.
	members.aol.com /grobius/lifflink.htm (315 words)

	What am I doing here?
		However, it also means that a lot of the instincts I have about sock knitting are totally unreliable.
		Case in point: Cat gives a set of formulas for determining both where to start increasing on the sock's foot and how many stitches to increase, based on the size of the sock-wearer's foot and the knitter's gauge.
		Not awful by any means, but it's still higher than I'd like.
	www.livejournal.com /users/alice_q (6531 words)

	The deeper meaning of liff by Douglas Adams \| LibraryThing
		The deeper meaning of liff by Douglas Adams
		Examples: spofforth (v)- to tidy up a room before the cleaning lady arrives; ardslignish (adj) descriptive of the behaviour of sticky tape when you are tired.
		BTW, I think that The Deeper Meaning of Liff is the original Meaning of Liff but with extra entries.
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	Amazon.ca: Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (Special Edition): DVD: Terry Gilliam,Terry Jones,Carol Cleveland,Matt ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Using fish as a linking device (and what marvelous links those aquatic creatures make), The Meaning of Life is presented as a series of sketches: a musical production number about why seed is sacred; a look at dining in the afterlife; the quest for a missing fish (there they are again); a visit from Mr.
		In "Meaning of Life" the entire cast are masters of the medium (something Cleese proved independently in "A Fish Called Wanda") and they use their skills, rising even to lyrical heights (Eric Idle's paen to the universe in "Live Organ Transplants").
		In the initial credits, the title is initially written as "MEANING OF LIFF", then a lightning strike corrects that to "LIFE".
	www.amazon.ca /Monty-Pythons-Meaning-Life-Special/dp/B0000A0MFJ (2203 words)

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		Almost all of "The Meaning of Liff" and "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, as entered by Jarrod Lombardo.
		If you don't know, all of the words are place names and all of the meanings are previously wordless meanings (aka LIFF).
		Un touquet is often defined as the difference between the cost of a bottle of gin bought in an off-license and one bought in a duty-free shop.
	infohost.nmt.edu /~jarrod/quotes/showfile.php?file=liff.txt (14046 words)

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		He is primarily known as the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, the Dirk Gently Holistic Detective stories, and of course The Meaning of Liff.
		I took the 'Liff' idea, but used jargon phrases rather than town names.
		When someone brings out a book like 'The Meaning of Liff' and you think, 'Why the hell didn't I do that book first?!' you're actually experiencing mississippi.
	www.geocities.com /~betapisces/academy/lifflink.htm (315 words)

	The Meaning of Liff
		An ancient edict, mysteriously omitted from the Doomsday Book, requiring that the feeding of fowl on village ponds should be carried out equitably.
		A loose woollen garment reaching to the knees and with three or more armholes, knitted by the wearer's well- meaning but incompetent aunt.
		A point made for the seventh time to somebody who insists that they know exactly what you mean but clearly hasn't got the faintest idea.
	folk.uio.no /alied/TMoL.html (12644 words)

	urticator.net - The Meaning of Liff
		Recently a friend of mine, knowing my interest in assigning names to ideas that don't yet have them (see Words Are Ideas), loaned me the book The Deeper Meaning of Liff, by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.
		In Life there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we will all know and recognize, but for which no word exists.
		Many of the definitions are just in fun, but some are genuine liffs.
	www.urticator.net /essay/1/188.html (229 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Bookshop \| 9780330281218 - Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams
		9780330281218 - Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams
		In life and, indeed, in liff, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist.
		This text uses place names to describe some of these meanings.
	www.guardianbookshop.co.uk /BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780330281218 (57 words)

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