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The meaning of Liff

Douglas Adams, John Lloyd

  • 185 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1983
  • 4 editions
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1 About this book

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.

  • Humor
  • American wit and humor
  • English wit and humor
  • Terms and phrases

2 About Douglas Adams

1952–2001

Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a 2005 feature film. Adams was born in Cambridge and raised in Essex.

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