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BENEFACTOR, n. One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude, without, however, materially affecting the price, which...
CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for...
CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of...
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of...
CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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BOTANY, n. The science of vegetables -- those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely...
CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual...
COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has...
CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance -- against whom or what does not clearly...
CABBAGE, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal...
CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit
Source: The...
CONGRESS, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that...
CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to...
CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.
CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal who wishes to replace...
COMMENDATION, n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our...