The Meaning of Liff

...is a book by the redoubtable (and late) Douglas Adams, of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy fame and John Lloyd. It contains definitions of many of those everyday words which do nothing but hang about on signposts pointing at places. They include several of the amusing names already mentioned, and...

Hastings (Sussex) - the things you say when you're caught somewhere you're not supposed to be
Woking (Surrey) - standing in the kitchen wondering what the hell you came in here for
Abilene (Texas, birthplace of a US President but I can't remember which one. Eisenhower?) - the coolness of the other side of the pillow
Lower Peover (Cheshire) - what a gentleman has to do when he needs to go for a pee in the middle of making love to someone

....and many more.

Sadly, I lent my copy to someone many years ago and didn't get it back.

Steve