Lingerie exclusively for more lightweight items of female undergarments. The French word in its original form derives from the old French word "linge", meaning 'linen'. So "faire le linge", comes to mean "do the laundry". In French the word "lingerie" applies to all undergarments for either sex. In English it means women's underwear or nightclothes. Lingerie as a word was first used to refer to underwear and bras in 1922. Informal usage suggests visually appealing or even erotic clothing. Although most lingerie is designed to be worn by women, some manufactures now design lingerie for men. The concept of lingerie is
The Meaning of Liff of American English v. British English spellings, though "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" contains different definitions for both the word "Glossop" and the titular word "Liff". In "The Deeper Meaning of Liff", Liff is defined as a phenomenon for which there is no word. Another edition in the series, "Afterliff", has been released, with more entries contributed by Lloyd, Jon Canter and Douglas Adams' daughter Polly. On 15 August 2013, a 30th anniversary deluxe edition was published. A German adaptation was made by Sven Böttcher under the title "Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz", published in 1992 (). The meanings are