The Meaning of Liff: Monks toft (n.)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Monks toft (n.)

The bundle of hair which is left after a monk has been tonsured, which he keeps tired up with a rubber band and uses for chasing ants away.

Monks toft

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In Life*, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist.

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 everyday conversations and make a more positive contribution to society.

- Douglas Adams & John Lloyd

*And, indeed, in Liff.

And so..

I will add one of these words on this blog daily to enrich your vocabulary.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Monks toft (n.)

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