In Life (and, indeed, in Liff), 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 conversation and
make a more positive contribution to society.
Douglas Adams
John Lloyd