The meaning of Liff
In Life* there are many hundereds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no word exists. On the other hand, the world is littered with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places. Our job, as we see it, is to get these words down off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they can start earning their keep in every day conversation and make a more positive contribution to society.
Douglas Adams, John Loyd, Malibu, 1982
two examples:
Shoeburyness
The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom.
Tootgarook-The mental state an alpha-male finds himself in when the end of an evening out clubbing is fast approaching and he has not found a companion for the evening
"yeah Timmy was fucking shattered, got all tootgarook when he couldn't pull a root n went home for a bat".
They used British place names, we'll use Aussie..
Commence.
Cronullance: The occurrence of a fine mist of splashback when using a public urinal.
Innaloo: The state of weightlessness a cartoon character may experience for a short period of time after mistakingly running off a cliff
Briagolong:
Someone who annoys you by apologising for annoying you
Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga - When you have had too much <insert substance> and think you are walking on the moon.
Forbes - A friends older sibling who does not like you.
Coogee - Expelling gas in a bath.
Dandenong:
The feeling that one is about to shit one's pants whilst on ecstasy
Balga: The unfortonate result of a Dandenong
Bourke: Sweat formation between the bum cheeks. Can inspire Dandenong, and is sometimes mistaken for Balga.
Penrith: The male equivalent of Thrush
Cockle Bayitis: The vauge feeling that you are being severely ripped off.
Sheizatwozzers - an amphibian pest.
Wert - were going but didn't go.
Plog - a male blog.
Vlog - a female blog.
Nimbin: The strange sensation of walking up or down a shopping mall escalator that has been shut off for maintenance.
eg: "Man it feels so different when they aren't movin, I was totally Nimbin."
Vauclusing: Walking into a room and forgetting why you walked in there.
Mosmanism: The overwhelming desire to purchase a redicoulously outsised vehicle to take your child to school
Drummoyned: To be hit with thrown fecal matter as you walk through the primate enclosure of a zoo.
"There I was, minding my own business and the little bastards drummoyned me!"
please feel free to add to the list
*And indeed in Liff.
Douglas Adams, John Loyd, Malibu, 1982
Shoeburyness
The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom.
Tootgarook-The mental state an alpha-male finds himself in when the end of an evening out clubbing is fast approaching and he has not found a companion for the evening
"yeah Timmy was fucking shattered, got all tootgarook when he couldn't pull a root n went home for a bat".
They used British place names, we'll use Aussie..
Commence.
Cronullance: The occurrence of a fine mist of splashback when using a public urinal.
Innaloo: The state of weightlessness a cartoon character may experience for a short period of time after mistakingly running off a cliff
Briagolong:
Someone who annoys you by apologising for annoying you
Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga - When you have had too much <insert substance> and think you are walking on the moon.
Forbes - A friends older sibling who does not like you.
Coogee - Expelling gas in a bath.
Dandenong:
The feeling that one is about to shit one's pants whilst on ecstasy
Bourke: Sweat formation between the bum cheeks. Can inspire Dandenong, and is sometimes mistaken for Balga.
Penrith: The male equivalent of Thrush
Cockle Bayitis: The vauge feeling that you are being severely ripped off.
Sheizatwozzers - an amphibian pest.
Wert - were going but didn't go.
Plog - a male blog.
Vlog - a female blog.
Nimbin: The strange sensation of walking up or down a shopping mall escalator that has been shut off for maintenance.
eg: "Man it feels so different when they aren't movin, I was totally Nimbin."
Vauclusing: Walking into a room and forgetting why you walked in there.
Mosmanism: The overwhelming desire to purchase a redicoulously outsised vehicle to take your child to school
Drummoyned: To be hit with thrown fecal matter as you walk through the primate enclosure of a zoo.
"There I was, minding my own business and the little bastards drummoyned me!"
please feel free to add to the list
*And indeed in Liff.
Poker Addict
bty, like your site black & white drawing. Did you draw that yourself?
Nutty Fudgekins
sadly no, i'm not sure who the artist is to be honest..
soleil
Artwork: I know where the artwork comes from.
There's usually some kind of theme to what he does.
Interesting really.