This book investigates the linguistic gap between common human experiences and the lack of specific vocabulary to describe them. Rich Hall, a comedian and writer, presents a collection of invented words—termed 'sniglets'—designed to fill these lexical voids by providing humorous, descriptive labels for everyday phenomena that currently lack dictionary definitions.

Readers frequently note the lighthearted and accessible nature of the prose, which serves as a staple of 1980s observational comedy. Experts highlight this as a foundational text in the genre of humorous neologism collections.