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MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight...
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MALE, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female)...
MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when...
NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those...
OPPOSE, v. To assist with obstructions and objections.Source: The Devil's...
OCCIDENT, n. The world lying west (or east) of the Orient. Largely inhabited by Christians, powerful sub-tribe of the...
We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.Source: 'On Criticism'-- William...
To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations.Source: On Great and...
EXPERIENCE, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have...
GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his...
FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.--...
GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.Source: The...
HASH, x. There is no definition for this word -- nobody knows what hash is.Source:...
GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if...
HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one.Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss...
KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a crowned head, although he never wears a crown and has usually no...
KLEPTOMANIAC, n. A rich thief.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.-- Ambrose...
INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction...
LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.Source: The...
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