Deeper meaning of liff

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Dæmi:

Ranfurly(ran-FER-lee) = Fashion of tying ties so that the long thin end dangles below the short fat end.

Foindle(FOYN-dul) = To cut ahead in line very discreetly by working one´s way up the line without being spotted.

Yarmouth(YAR-muth) = To shout at foreigners in the belief that the louder you speak, the better they´ll understand you.

Swaffham Bulbeck(SWAF-um-BUL-bek) = An entire picnic lunch spent fighting off wasps.

Laxobigging(LAKS-oh-BIG-ing) = Struggling to extrude an exremely large turd.

Jawf(JAWF) = Conversation between two soccer hooligans on a train.

Grobister(GROH-bis-ter) = One who continually and publicly rearranges the position of his genitals.

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Caarnduncan(KARN-DUNK´n) = The high-pitched and insistent cry of a young male human urging one of its peers to do something dangerous on a cliff edge.