n. A person who goes to the capital of his country to increase his own; one who makes laws and money.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) a new movement full of lush greenery, biomimicry and hope for the future.
from thesis (naiveté) to antithesis (grimness & hopelessness) towards synthesis (informed & embodied hope).
(also: hope)
(also: biomimicry)
(also: utopia)
(also: climate crisis)
(also: eco grief)
(also: eco anxiety)
(also: dystopia)
(also: cyberpunk)
(also: thesis-antithesis-synthesis)
from thesis (naiveté) to antithesis (grimness & hopelessness) towards synthesis (informed & embodied hope).
(also: hope)
(also: biomimicry)
(also: utopia)
(also: climate crisis)
(also: eco grief)
(also: eco anxiety)
(also: dystopia)
(also: cyberpunk)
(also: thesis-antithesis-synthesis)
Physical expression of your passion by spontageous, aesthetic movement (floor, chessboard, mathtest)...or it learned one. Originally movement of body.
(also: gambling)
To get the sense of something written, if it has any.Commonly, it has not.
(also: reading)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: reading)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) implement used by one to bring harm onto another, thus sparking off the central intrigue of civilization
(n.) supposedly that which separates human beings from lowly animals, since animals are influenced largely by desire for things like food, water, and shelter, whereas humans are influenced by much more sophisticated things political demagoguery and subliminal advertising
a man who has never won an oscar despite deserving it more than all the other oscar-winners combined.
yes, i said it. i'd say it again, too.
yes, i said it. i'd say it again, too.
A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
(also: period)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: period)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
Intent on making his quotation truer,
He sought the page infallible of Brewer,
Then made a solemn vow that he would be
Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me!
—Stumpo Gaker
(author: quote)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Intent on making his quotation truer,
He sought the page infallible of Brewer,
Then made a solemn vow that he would be
Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me!
—Stumpo Gaker
(author: quote)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
personality type involving quirks like perfectionism, fastidiousness, and recurring horrific images of oneself committing suicide that can get so disturbing that one cowers in a ball motionless for over an hour to stop one from killing myself
a game in which people attempt to predict certain things that will happen, forfeiting money or possessions if they are incorrect
the more upscale version of gambling is the stock market
the more upscale version of gambling is the stock market
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill
(also: Winston Churchill)
― Winston S. Churchill
(also: Winston Churchill)
(n.) an octopus that has crossed into our universe from the funhouse mirror dimension
(adv.) not literally
story of a worldwide event present in many independent accounts around the world. The fact that it is evidenced in so many cultures shows that they all ripped each other off
(n.) a probably nonexistent cosmic force that supposedly determines whether chance-based outcomes are positive or negative. the central figure in a strange modern religion usually practiced in casinos and stock exchanges
Rich people without money
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join