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Exposed to the attacks of friends and acquaintances; defamed;
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slandered.
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ABSENTEE:
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A person with an income who has had the forethought
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to remove themselves from the sphere of exaction.
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Absentee, n.:
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A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove
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himself from the sphere of exaction.
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A person with an income who has had the forethought
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to remove himself from the sphere of exaction.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.
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@ -8976,13 +8972,9 @@ Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.
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Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.)
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-- Stafford Beer
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ABSTAINER:
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Abstainer, n.:
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A weak person who yields to the
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temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Abstainer, n.:
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A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a
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pleasure.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Abstract:
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@ -8999,13 +8991,9 @@ immediately when tight neckwear was removed.
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Neck in Relation to Visual Performance." Human Factors 29,
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#1 (Feb. 1987), pp. 67-71.
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ABSURDITY:
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Absurdity, n.:
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A statement or belief manifestly
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inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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Absurdity, n.:
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A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own
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opinion.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics,
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@ -10004,9 +9992,6 @@ Almost anything derogatory you could say
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about today's software design would be accurate.
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-- K. E. Iverson
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ALONE:
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In bad company.
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Alone, adj.:
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In bad company.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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@ -10107,9 +10092,6 @@ AMAZING BUT TRUE...
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There is so much sand in Northern Africa that if it
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were spread out it would completely cover the Sahara Desert.
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AMBIDEXTROUS:
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Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
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Ambidextrous, adj.:
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Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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@ -10853,13 +10835,9 @@ cracking secret NATO codes and editing propaganda for your own people all
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at the same time with the other! (Well, you really can't, but the Americans
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think you can, and that's the point, right?)
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ANOINT:
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Anoint, v.:
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To grease a king or other great
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functionary already sufficiently slippery.
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Anoint, v.:
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To grease a king or other great functionary already
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sufficiently slippery.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Another day, another dollar.
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@ -11220,14 +11198,9 @@ Applause, n:
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April is the cruelest month...
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-- Thomas Stearns Eliot
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AQUADEXTROUS:
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Aquadextrous, adj.:
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Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub
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faucet on and off with your toes.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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aquadextrous, adj.:
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Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off
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with your toes.
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-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18)
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@ -12124,13 +12097,9 @@ in 1959.
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[Babe] Ruth made a big mistake when he gave up pitching.
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-- Tris Speaker, 1921
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BACCHUS:
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Bacchus, n.:
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A convenient deity invented by the ancients
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as an excuse for getting drunk.
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Bacchus, n.:
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A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for
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getting drunk.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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BACHELOR:
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@ -12237,13 +12206,9 @@ floor -- especially in the dark.
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Barker's Proof:
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Proofreading is more effective after publication.
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BAROMETER:
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Barometer, n.:
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An ingenious instrument which indicates
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what kind of weather we are having.
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Barometer, n.:
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An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we
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are having.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Barth's Distinction:
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@ -14191,11 +14156,6 @@ Cigarette, n.:
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A fire at one end, a fool at the other, and a bit of tobacco in
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between.
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CINEMUCK:
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The combination of popcorn, soda, and melted chocolate
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which covers the floors of movie theaters.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Cinemuck, n.:
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The combination of popcorn, soda, and melted chocolate which
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covers the floors of movie theaters.
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@ -14975,9 +14935,6 @@ court, n.:
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Courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
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-- William Congreve
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COWARD:
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One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
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Coward, n.:
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One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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@ -15020,11 +14977,7 @@ Crenna's Law of Political Accountability:
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Crime does not pay... as well as politics.
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-- A. E. Neuman
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CRITIC:
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A person who boasts himself hard to please
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because nobody tries to please him.
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critic, n.:
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Critic, n.:
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A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries
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to please him.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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@ -15225,9 +15178,6 @@ Davis' Law of Traffic Density:
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Davis's Dictum:
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Problems that go away by themselves, come back by themselves.
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DAWN:
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The time when men of reason go to bed.
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Dawn, n.:
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The time when men of reason go to bed.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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@ -15642,13 +15592,9 @@ with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonder
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child.
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-- Dr. Albert Hoffman
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DELIBERATION:
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Deliberation, n.:
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The act of examining one's bread
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to determine which side it is buttered on.
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Deliberation, n.:
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The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is
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buttered on.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Deliver yesterday, code today, think tomorrow.
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@ -15756,14 +15702,9 @@ board. Especially with those 14 year-old Valley girls.
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Dental health is next to mental health.
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Dentist:
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Dentist, n.:
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A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth,
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pulls coins out of one's pockets.
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-- Ambrose Bierce
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Dentist, n.:
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A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth, pulls
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coins out of one's pockets.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Denver, n:
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@ -16032,9 +15973,6 @@ but it does make you part of a larger picture.
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Distinctive, adj.:
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A different color or shape than our competitors.
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DISTRESS:
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A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.
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Distress, n.:
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A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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@ -16903,7 +16841,7 @@ Eat drink and be merry! Tomorrow you may be in Utah.
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Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet.
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"Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may work."
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Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may work.
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Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse
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will happen to you the rest of the day.
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Egotism, n:
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Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
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Egotist, n:
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A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me.
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-- Ambrose Bierce
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Egotist, n.:
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A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me.
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(2) The strength of the turbulence
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is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.
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GURMLISH:
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Gurmlish, n.:
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The red warning flag at the top of a club sandwich which prevents
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the person from biting into it and puncturing the roof of his mouth.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Gurmlish, n.:
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The red warning flag at the top of a club sandwich which
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prevents the person from biting into it and puncturing the roof of his
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mouth.
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-- Rich Hall & Friends, "Sniglets"
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GURU:
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(2) If a small boy can get dirty, he will.
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(3) If a teenager can go out, he will.
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IMPARTIAL:
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Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from
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espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two
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conflicting opinions.
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Impartial, adj.:
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Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from
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espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two
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Increased knowledge will help you now.
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Have mate's phone bugged.
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INCUMBENT:
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Person of liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
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Incumbent, n.:
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Person of liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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best at, that's what I say.
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-- Doctor Who
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INTERPRETER:
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Interpreter, n.:
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One who enables two persons of different languages to understand
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each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the
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interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
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Interpreter, n.:
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One who enables two persons of different languages to
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understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to
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the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Into love and out again,
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Kleeneness is next to Godelness.
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Klein bottle for rent -- inquire within.
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Klein bottle for sale ... inquire within.
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KLEPTOMANIAC:
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A rich thief.
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Klein bottle for sale -- inquire within.
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Kleptomaniac, n.:
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A rich thief.
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Kramer's Law:
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You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.
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KROGT:
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(chemical symbol: Kr) The metallic silver coating found
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on fast-food game cards.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Krogt, n. (chemical symbol: Kr):
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The metallic silver coating found on fast-food game cards.
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-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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2. Never be last.
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3. Never volunteer for anything.
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LACTOMANGULATION:
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Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly that
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one has to resort to using the "illegal" side.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Lactomangulation, n.:
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Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly
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that one has to resort to using the "illegal" side.
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L'hazard ne favorise que l'esprit prepare.
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-- L. Pasteur
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LIAR:
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A lawyer with a roving commission.
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Liar, n.:
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A lawyer with a roving commission.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Macho does not prove mucho.
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-- Zsa Zsa Gabor
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MAD:
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Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Mad, adj.:
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Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence ...
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Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child --
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knowledge.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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MAGNOCARTIC:
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Any automobile that, when left unattended, attracts shopping carts.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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magnocartic, adj:
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Magnocartic, adj:
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Any automobile that, when left unattended, attracts shopping
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carts.
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-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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MAGPIE:
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Magpie, n.:
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A bird whose thievish disposition suggested
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to someone that it might be taught to talk.
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-- A. Bierce
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Magpie, n.:
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A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it
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might be taught to talk.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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MAIDEN AUNT:
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Nowadays it insists on it.
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-- Russell Baker
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MISFORTUNE:
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The kind of fortune that never misses.
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Misfortune, n.:
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The kind of fortune that never misses.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Misfortunes arrive on wings and leave on foot.
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MISS:
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Miss, n.:
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A title with which we brand unmarried
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women to indicate that they are in the market.
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Miss, n.:
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A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that
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they are in the market.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.
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"Feeling better now?" he asked solicitously.
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MOLECULE:
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Molecule, n.:
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The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from
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the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a
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closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit
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of matter... The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and
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the atom in that it is an ion...
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Molecule, n.:
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The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished
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from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a
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closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of
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matter ... The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the
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atom in that it is an ion ...
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Mollison's Bureaucracy Hypothesis:
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Dim Sum, n:
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Chinese for more food than you've ever seen in your entire life.
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November:
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The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.
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November, n.:
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The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Enough.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Once, adv.: Enough.
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Once again dread deed is done.
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Canon sleeps,
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his all-knowing eye shaded
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SLURM:
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The slime that accumulates on the underside of a soap bar when it
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sits in the dish too long.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Slurm, n.:
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The slime that accumulates on the underside of a soap bar when
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it sits in the dish too long.
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Smuggling... It's not just a job, it's an adventure!
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-- paid for by your local Colombian recruiting office
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SNACKTREK:
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Snacktrek, n.:
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The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly
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returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will
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have materialized.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Snacktrek, n.:
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The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly
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returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will have
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materialized.
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-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?
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Truth will be out this morning. (Which may really mess things up.)
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TRUTHFUL:
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Dumb and illiterate.
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Truthful, adj.:
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Dumb and illiterate.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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@ -58053,13 +57906,9 @@ Wisdom is rarely found on the best-seller list.
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Wishing without work is like fishing without bait.
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-- Frank Tyger
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WIT:
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Wit, n.:
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The salt with which the American Humorist spoils his cookery...
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by leaving it out.
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Wit, n.:
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The salt with which the American Humorist spoils his cookery
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... by leaving it out.
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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%
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With a gentleman I try to be a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I
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@ -59038,14 +58887,9 @@ feet.
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Yield to Temptation ... it may not pass your way again.
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-- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
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YINKEL:
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Yinkel, n.:
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A person who combs his hair over his bald spot,
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hoping no one will notice.
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-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Yinkel, n.:
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A person who combs his hair over his bald spot, hoping no one
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will notice.
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-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.
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