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POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its...
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.
Source: The...
PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that...
PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical...
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the...
PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation . . . . Little its...
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and...
POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.
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PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding...
PUBLISH, n. In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.
PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The...
POKER, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer...
PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that Stone walls do not a prison make, but a...
PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is...
PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating...
REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible,...
PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses...
QUORUM, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it....