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HOUSE, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea,...
HEATHEN, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and...
HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the...
HARANGUE, n. A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue-outang.
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HUMANITY, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
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HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss...
HOUSELESS, adj. Having paid all taxes on household goods.
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HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable,...
HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.
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HOMOEOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.
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HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone....
HURRY, n. The dispatch of bunglers.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all...
HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places...
HYPOCHONDRIASIS, n. Depression of one's own spirits.
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HYBRID, n. A pooled issue.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose...
HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
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HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and...