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LAWSUIT, n. A...

LAWSUIT, n. A...

LAWSUIT, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage.

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MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less...

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MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n....

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n....

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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MAGNITUDE, n. Size...

MAGNITUDE, n. Size...

MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing...

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MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A...

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A...

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But mousquetaire is a might poor way to...

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MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of...

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NOVEL, n. A...

NOVEL, n. A...

NOVEL, n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama...

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OUTCOME, n. A...

OUTCOME, n. A...

OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense;...

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OBSERVATORY, n. A...

OBSERVATORY, n. A...

OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their...

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OVERWORK, n. A...

OVERWORK, n. A...

OVERWORK, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go...

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OPPOSITION, n. In...

OPPOSITION, n. In...

OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing...

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PARDON, v. To...

PARDON, v. To...

PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of...

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POLICE, n. An...

POLICE, n. An...

POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

Source: The Devil's...

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POETRY, n. A...

POETRY, n. A...

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

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REALITY, n. The...

REALITY, n. The...

REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The...

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RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining...

RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining...

RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the...

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REDUNDANT, adj. Superfluous;...

REDUNDANT, adj. Superfluous;...

REDUNDANT, adj. Superfluous; needless; de trop.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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RESPITE, n. A...

RESPITE, n. A...

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the...

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RIDICULE, n. Words...

RIDICULE, n. Words...

RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character...

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Wit is the...

Wit is the...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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