▁The ▁She pp ey ▁is ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Douglas ▁Adams ▁and ▁John ▁Lloyd , ▁included ▁in ▁The ▁Mean ing ▁of ▁L iff , ▁their ▁dictionary ▁of ▁put ative ▁mean ings ▁for ▁words ▁that ▁are ▁actually ▁just ▁place ▁names . ▁It ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Is le ▁of ▁She pp ey ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁ ▁Sm oot ▁ ▁The ▁Sm oot ▁is ▁a ▁unit ▁of ▁length , ▁defined ▁as ▁the ▁height ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁of ▁Oliver ▁R . ▁Sm oot , ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁National ▁Stand ards ▁Institute ▁( AN SI ), ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁Standard ization ▁( ISO ). ▁The ▁unit ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁measure ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Bridge . ▁Can on ically , ▁and ▁originally , ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁when ▁Sm oot ▁was ▁a ▁L ambda ▁Chi ▁Al pha ▁p ledge ▁at ▁M IT ▁( class ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 2 ), ▁the ▁bridge ▁was ▁measured ▁to ▁be ▁ 3 6 4 . 4 ▁Sm o ots , ▁plus ▁or ▁minus ▁one ▁ear , ▁using ▁Mr . ▁Sm oot ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁r uler . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁Sm oot ▁was ▁ 5 ▁feet , ▁ 7 ▁inches , ▁or ▁ 1 7 0 ▁cm , ▁tall . ▁Google ▁Earth ▁and ▁Google ▁Calcul ator ▁include ▁the ▁sm oot ▁as ▁a ▁unit ▁of ▁measurement . ▁ ▁The ▁Cambridge ▁( M ass achusetts ) ▁police ▁department ▁adopted ▁the ▁convention ▁of