- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mea... Douglas Adams's Meaning of Liff, a dictionary of words all based on UK place names.
- "CLABBY (adj.) A 'clabby' conversation is one stuck up by a commissionare or cleaning lady in order to avoid any futher actual work. The opening gambit is usually designed to provoke the maximum confusion, and therefore the longest possible clabby conversation."
- "CORRIEARKLET (n.) The moment at which two people approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven't. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognising each other the whole length of the corridor."Feb 4, 2026 18:11
