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OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense;...
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OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their...
OVERWORK, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go...
OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing...
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of...
POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.Source: The Devil's...
POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.Source:...
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The...
RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the...
REDUNDANT, adj. Superfluous; needless; de trop.Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the...
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character...
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such...
FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person -- a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is...
HASH, x. There is no definition for this word -- nobody knows what hash is.Source:...
HUMANITY, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets. More about this quote...
HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all...
IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or...
IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another. More about this quote...
IMPUNITY, n. Wealth.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.-- Ambrose Bierce,...
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