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The deeper meaning of liff takes a playful look at how many everyday sensations and mundane events lack precise names. By borrowing city and town names in creative ways, Douglas Adams and John Lloyd offer a fresh, humorous vocabulary to express otherwise unnamed feelings and experiences. This work celebrates linguistic creativity, playing on familiar place names to give new meaning to ordinary moments.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Douglas Adams
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