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