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''The Meaning of Liff'' (UK Edition: ISBN 0330281216, US Edition: ISBN 0517553473) is a humorous piece by Adams, Lloyd and Stephen Fry in The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book ( 1986 ). The main differences between the two editions (for either version of the book) are simply those of American English vs. British English spellings. 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. For example: : Shoeburyness (abs.n.) :The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom. 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. The book is named after the town of Liff in Scotland . SEE ALSO
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