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PEDIGREE, n. The...

PEDIGREE, n. The...

PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a...

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PLAGIARISM, n. A...

PLAGIARISM, n. A...

PLAGIARISM, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable...

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PYRRHONISM, n. An...

PYRRHONISM, n. An...

PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but...

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PLAGIARIZE, v. To...

PLAGIARIZE, v. To...

PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never...

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POPULIST, n. A...

POPULIST, n. A...

POPULIST, n. A fossil patriot of the early agricultural period, found in the old red soapstone underlying Kansas . ....

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RASCALITY, n. Stupidity...

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity...

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.

Source: The...

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QUEEN, n. A...

QUEEN, n. A...

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is...

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RECOLLECT, v. To...

RECOLLECT, v. To...

RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.

Source: The...

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REFERENDUM, n. A...

REFERENDUM, n. A...

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public...

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PRESIDENCY, n. The...

PRESIDENCY, n. The...

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

Source: The...

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PRIVATE, n. A...

PRIVATE, n. A...

PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his...

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RETALIATION, n. The...

RETALIATION, n. The...

RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.

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RUM, n. Generically,...

RUM, n. Generically,...

RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

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RHADOMANCER, n. One...

RHADOMANCER, n. One...

RHADOMANCER, n. One who uses a divining-rod in prospecting for precious metals in the pocket of a...

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REALISM, n. The...

REALISM, n. The...

REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or...

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SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous...

SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous...

SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous appraisal.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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SABBATH, n. A...

SABBATH, n. A...

SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on...

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SATIRE, n. An...

SATIRE, n. An...

SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were...

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TZETZE (or TSETSE)...

TZETZE (or TSETSE)...

TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most...

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Francis Bacon: Next to religion,...

Francis Bacon: Next to religion,...

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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