The part of Africa where the natives got screwed by the Dutch, and then the British screwed both the natives and the Dutch, and then the Dutch and the British teamed up to really brutally screw the natives for decades.
Today the system of screwing ('apartheid') is dismantled and its aftereffects slowly being undone, but there's no help to be had for those crazy accents.
(n.) the pursuit and slaughter of rare and exotic animals in africa, packaged as a vacation for rich and adventurous sorts of people
someone who defends something and thus supports it and is thus biased and is thus unfit to defend it
(n.) Catchphrase. Triplicate. Iconic.
ex. Julius Caesar's "i came, i saw, i conquered," or France's "liberty, equality, brotherhood"
ex. Julius Caesar's "i came, i saw, i conquered," or France's "liberty, equality, brotherhood"
In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.
Self imposed torture to gain more knowledge in an area just to fail miserably the very next day on the test
adjective: lacking resources, whether in the material worldor the metaphysical sense
example: when the love of my life passed away, i felt poor with no hope for companionship or reciprocated love to be experienced again.
example: when the love of my life passed away, i felt poor with no hope for companionship or reciprocated love to be experienced again.
(1832 – 1891) German engineer who developed compressed charge internal combustion engine to run on petrol
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Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
the beautiful phenomenon where you get eaten by wolves. It's beautiful because it's normal.
a sport involving fighting from Eastern Asia. While sports such as boxing and wrestling do involve fighting, they are not from Eastern Asia, and are thus not classified as martial arts
(1879 – 1955) German/ US scientist discovered Theory of Relativity.
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A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
n. A tormenting vehicle in which a pirate jolts you through devious ways to the wrong place, where he robs you.
(n.) a janitor; someone whose job is to complete work of the non-paper variety
A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
(also: creation of the universe)
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(also: creation of the universe)
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(n.): A brooding, melodramatic strategist who's convinced he's always the smartest person in the room. Often found lounging on a throne while his minions do the grunt work. Has a flair for dramatic entrances and is known to monologue for hours on end.
(also: anime)
(also: anime)
(n.) the act of borrowing something at a very favorable rate to the borrower.
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