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Quotes from The Meaning of Liff — Douglas Adams

1952–2001 England

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AALST (n.) One who changes his name to be further to the front.

The Meaning of Liff (1983)

LAXOBIGGING (ptcpl.vb.) Struggling to extrude an extremely large turd.

The Meaning of Liff (1983)

WOKING (vb.) To enter the kitchen with the precise determination to perform something only to forget what it is just before you do it.

The Meaning of Liff (1983)

FAIRYMOUNT (vb. n.) Polite word for buggery.

The Meaning of Liff (1983)

CLIXBY (adj.) Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.

The Meaning of Liff (1983)

ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly badly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him.

The Meaning of Liff (1983)

SHOEBURYNESS (abs.n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom

The Meaning of Liff (1983)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Douglas Adams (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.