a horrific mouthless bird-monster used in heraldry. It doesn't represent anything.

(n.) treatment of which has often been a manifestation of fear of the unknown, fear of "the other." having ginger hair is more common through certain populations, like Scots, Irishmen, Basque.

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A couple of G's, an R and an E, an I and an N
Just six little letters all jumbled together...

(n.) bit at the front or top of many life forms, where the brain is kept.

among the reasonable, the head is said to be good upon the owner's shoulders; among the infatuated, it is said to be above their heels; one who is in the throes of panic has lost their head; and so on. clearly matters of head are quite culturally significant

one possible means by which the universe may have come into existence, which has eclipsed the "laid by a giant space chicken" hypothesis

succinctly put, this theory proposes that the universe originally existed in an infinitesimal, incomprehensibly small state, then exploded outward and has continued to grow and spread continually ever since, ably accounting for the blueshift of cosmic background radiation

the puzzle of how the universe can expand, implying the existence of an outward territory which is not part of it (despite it supposedly containing everything) is one of those cranium-confounders for big shot physicists to solve.

Afflicting us with greater or less frequency. That, however, is not the sense in which the word is used in the phrase "occasional verses," which are verses written for an "occasion," such as an anniversary, a celebration or other event. True, they afflict us a little worse than other sorts of verse, but their name has no reference to irregular recurrence.

(n.) something meant to be sat upon. one of those modern conveniences that are thankfully easy to improvise in times of shortage

The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.
(also: humans)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) the act of relieving someone of their most pressing burden

n. A lawyer with a roving commission.


(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein
(also: Albert Einstein)

Something acted upon by magnetism.

(noun):

A small yet mighty word that possesses the power to render previous statements utterly irrelevant.

(also: nice guys)

A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
(also: women)
(also: queen elizabeth i)
(also: governing people)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

Helping you with historical methods and solving problems that are useless

(n.) the life of every party, a light source dressed up with an attractive fabric covering. consider adopting a lamp today.

n. A follower of Achilles — particularly when he didn't lead.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

v.i. To butt in.
(also: the devils dictionary)

A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) just one of the paradoxes throwing a wrench in the explanations of scientific materialism.

(also: paradox)