{"product_id":"9780571301690-afterliff","title":"Afterliff","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. This book corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts. It features over 900 essential new definitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. \u003ci\u003eAfterliff, \u003c\/i\u003eits long-awaited sequel, corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis brilliant successor to Douglas Adams' and John Lloyd's 1983 classic \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Liff \u003c\/i\u003efeatures over 900 essential new definitions, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnglesey n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHypothetical object at which a lazy eye is looking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBadlesmeare n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne who dishonestly ticks the 'I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions' box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaterham n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn overwhelming desire to use the Pope's hat as an oven glove.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClavering ptcpl v.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePretending to text when alone and feeling vulnerable in public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEworthy adj.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf a person: worth emailing but not worth phoning or meeting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKanumbra n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sense that someone is standing behind you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLjubljana interj.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat people say to the dentist on the way out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoughborough n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe false gusto with which children eat vegetables in adverts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSorrento n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thing that goes round and round as a YouTube video loads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUralla n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA towel used as a bathmat.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1983, John Lloyd and Douglas Adams authored \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Liff, \u003c\/i\u003ea bestselling humour classic which went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. John Lloyd's other books include \u003ci\u003e1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of General Ignorance. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31543259332705,"sku":"9780571301690","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40024434.jpg?v=1771484327","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571301690-afterliff","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}