This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “L”. Detailed explanation is provided for the terms, including lactification, liminality and lusotropicalism. Each entry includes the origin of the term; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term's use in literary‐cultural texts. Lactification is the result of years of colonial hegemony in the cultural fields. In postcolonial studies liminality gestures at the transitional possibilities of the context, that is, colonial discourse. For Bhabha the liminal is what resists the hierarchy, upsets the social order. Attributed to Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, lusotropicalism refers to Portuguese imperialism and colonization in South America and Africa. The Portuguese were seen as far more humane than the French, Dutch or English when it came to dealings with the colonized subjects.