The Deeper Meaning of Liff
A Dictionary of Things That There Aren't Any Words For Yet
by Douglas Adams, John Lloyd · first published 1990
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Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer? 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 lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are
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…never heard before and I do not see how this is "handy" (as the post's original title suggests). If you are really looking for good words that don't exist english, you should read Douglas Adam's "The Deeper Meaning of Liff"
on “25 Words that Simply Don't Exist in English” ↗From The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Adams and Lloyd: Scraptoft, noun: The absurd flap of hair a vain and balding man grows long above one ear to comb it to the other ear. Just so you can comment on this patent with the right…
on “Patent US4022227 - Method of concealing partial baldness” ↗Reading these words reminds me of "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" by Douglas Adams. I'm tempted to make word-a-day calendar out of this and put it on my desk .. see if anyone notices.
on “This word does not exist” ↗"Woking (WOH-king) n. Standing in the kitchen wondering what you came in here for." The Deeper Meaning of Liff, Douglas Adams & John Lloyd
on “Doorway effect” ↗