The Deeper Meaning of Liff - Douglas Adams [11]
Fremantle (FREE-man-tul) vb.
To steal things not worth the bother of stealing. One steals cars, money and silver. Book matches, airline eye patches and individual pots of apricot jam are merely fremantled.
Frimley (FRIM-lee) n.
Exaggerated carefree saunter adopted by Charlie Chaplin as an immediate prelude to dropping down an open manhole.
Fring (fring) n.
The noise made by a light bulb which has just shone its last.
Fritham (FRIT-um) n.
A paragraph that you get stuck on in a book. The more often you read it through the less it means to you.
Frolesworth (FROHL-zwerth) n.
(Measure) The minimum time it is necessary to spend frowning in deep concentration at each picture in an art gallery in order that everyone else doesn’t think you’re a complete moron.
Frosses (FROSS-ez) pl. n.
The lecherous looks exchanged between sixteen-year-olds at a party given by someone’s parents.
Frutal (FROOT-ul) adj.
Rather too eager to be cruel to be kind.
Fulking (FUL-king) ptcpl. vb.
Pretending not to be in when the carol singers come around.
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Gaffney (GAF-nee) n.
Someone who deliberately misunderstands things for, he hopes, humorous effect.
Galashiels (gal-a-SHEELS) pl. n.
A form of particularly long sparse sideburns which are part of the mandatory turnout of British Rail guards.
Gallipoli (gal-LIP-oh-lee) adj.
Of the behavior of a bottom lip trying to spit out mouthwash after an injection at the dentist. Hence, loose, floppy, useless. “She went all Gallipoli in his arms.”
-Noël Coward
Gammersgill (GAM-erz-gil) n.
Embarrassed stammer you emit when a voice answers the phone and you realize that you haven’t the faintest recollection of who it is you’ve just rung.
Garrow (GAR-roh) n.
Narrow wiggly furrow left after pulling a hair off a painted surface.
Gartness (GART-ness) n.
The ability to say, “No, there’s absolutely nothing the matter, what could possibly be the matter? And anyway, I don’t want to discuss it,” without moving your lips.
Garvock (GAR-vok) n.
The action of putting your finger in your cheek and flicking it out with a “pock” noise.
Gastard (GAS-terd) n.
Useful specially new-coined word for an illegitimate child (in order to distinguish it from someone who merely cuts you off on the highway, etc.).
Ghent (GHENT) adj.
Descriptive of the mood indicated by cartoonists by drawing a character’s mouth as a wavy line.
Gignog (GIG-nog) n.
Someone who, through the injudicious application of alcohol, is now a great deal less funny than he thinks he is.
Gildersome (GIL-der-sum) adj.
Descriptive of a joke someone tells you that starts well but becomes so embellished in the telling that you start to weary of it after scarcely half an hour.
Gilgit (GIL-git) n.
Hidden sharply pointed object which stabs you in the cuticle when you reach into a small pot.
Gilling (GILL-ing) n.
The warm tingling you get in your feet when having a really good piddle.
Gipping (GIPP-ing) ptcpl. vb.
The fishlike opening and closing of the jaws seen among people who have recently been to the dentist and are puzzled as to whether their teeth have been put back the right way up.
Glasgow (GLAHZ-goh) n.
The feeling of infinite sadness engendered when walking through a place filled with happy people fifteen years younger than yourself. When experienced too frequently, it is likely to lead to an attack of trunch (q.v.).
Glassel (GLASS-ul) n.
A seaside pebble which was shiny and interesting when wet, and which is now a lump of rock, which children nevertheless insist on filling their suitcases with after the holiday.
Glazeley (GLAYZ-lee) adj.
The state of a barrister’s flat greasy hair after wearing a wig all day.
Glemanuilt (GLEM-mon-ILT) n.
The kind of guilt that you’d completely forgotten about that comes roaring back on discovering an old letter in a cupboard.
Glenduckie (glen-DUK-ee) n.
Any Scottish actor who wears a cravat.
Glentaggart (glen-TAG-gert) n.
A particular kind of tartan hold-all, made exclusively under license for British Airways. When