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(n.) something you and the next person over can both presumably see. and yet, you will never be quite sure you're seeing the same thing.
(also: Canadian)
(also: Canadian)
(n.) a razor-sharp grin attached to a large fish, with a dorsal fin to give fair warning
a crueler, land-based form of the animal prefers to swindle rather than outright eat its prey
a crueler, land-based form of the animal prefers to swindle rather than outright eat its prey
Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when.
adj. Pertaining to a kind of marriage between a man of exalted rank and a woman of low degree by which the wife gets nothing but a husband, and not much of a husband. From Morgan (J. P.), a king of finance, by a transaction with whom nobody gets anything at all.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
n. A descendant of Levi, from whose posterity the Lord ordained all the Jewish priests — an instance of nepotism deserving of the severest censure, as incompatible with free institutions and the principle of civil and religious equality.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
reputable graverobber.
(also: graverobbing)
(also: graverobbing)
(n.) your opponent's argument reconstructed and polished with so much care and rigour that they thank you, even if you end up proving them wrong.
(also: good faith acts)
(also: good faith actors)
(also: rationality)
https://www.lesswrong.com/rationality
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes-we-have-noticed-the-skulls/
(also: strawman)
(also: good faith acts)
(also: good faith actors)
(also: rationality)
https://www.lesswrong.com/rationality
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes-we-have-noticed-the-skulls/
(also: strawman)
(n.) to utilize the element of surprise by avoiding prying eyes, so as to victimize, barbarize, and cut-down-to-size one's enemize
see also ambuscado, bacon tree
see also ambuscado, bacon tree
(1856 – 1939) An Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, which involved the investigation of the subconscious, dreams and human mind.
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(also: sigmund freud quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: sigmund freud quotes)
(1874 – 1937) Italian engineer who helped develop radio transmission.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: guglielmo marconi quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: guglielmo marconi quotes)
An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to the lungs.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) the evening meal in most cultures, often a social occasion for members of a family to exchange bland pleasantries and cram down the day's anxieties and frustrations
(n.) that which stays one's hand from doing harm to the pathetic
ex. "I'm out of bullets. What a pity."
ex. "I'm out of bullets. What a pity."
(n.) the normal, the casual, the common
(n.) another name for puma, which is also commonly called a mountain lion
to be quite honest you should probably stick with using one of those two latter terms, to avoid confusion with... ah... your mom's friend who is very physically affectionate with young men your age.
to be quite honest you should probably stick with using one of those two latter terms, to avoid confusion with... ah... your mom's friend who is very physically affectionate with young men your age.
A part — in the loose locution of the letterless unworthy. "Part" means a fraction or piece of the whole, but "portion" means a share and implies an allotment. By reverent observance of this distinction great public disaster may be averted.
(also: fat)
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(also: fat)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) um... ask your mother.
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“"observers" must obey the call.”
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