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FRANK's Components of Creativity
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LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.Source: The Devil's...
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LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture.Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. More about this quote...
MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he...
MAUSOLEUM, n. The final and funniest folly of the rich.Source: The Devil's...
MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Let us be consistent...
NEWTONIAN, adj. Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall...
NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is...
NONSENSE, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary. More about this quote...
MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter (see Molecule). The monad has body without bulk, and mind without...
OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's...
MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and...
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he...
LUNARIAN, n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom the moon...
OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for...
OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. More about this quote...
OTHERWISE, adv. No better.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.-- Ambrose...
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] reading character in the wrinkles [of]...
PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. More about this quote...
PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an...
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