A thing that mostly satisfies reformers opposed to reformation.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
political advocacy for the rights of men that can disguise itself as a parody when threatened.
(n.) a secondary banana. a backup singer. a trusted subordinate. a euphemistic way of describing one's gay lover.
An ox wearing the popular religious yoke.
Anything assuring protection to one in peril. Moses and Joshua provided six cities of refuge — Bezer, Golan, Ramoth, Kadesh, Schekem and Hebron — to which one who had taken life inadvertently could flee when hunted by relatives of the deceased. This admirable expedient supplied him with wholesome exercise and enabled them to enjoy the pleasures of the chase; whereby the soul of the dead man was appropriately honored by observations akin to the funeral games of early Greece.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.
(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
one whose spending is not thrifty
Calepine of Obloquy, Flippancy, & Lampoonery
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n.
1. A certain person who is much in society, but whom one does not meet. A bad one.
2. The Adversary of Souls, considered under one of his many charming aspects.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
1. A certain person who is much in society, but whom one does not meet. A bad one.
2. The Adversary of Souls, considered under one of his many charming aspects.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Terrorist's kinder twin brother but an insurgent's morally grey best friend
Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
What is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile? Cats. Cats are nice
(also: cat)
(also: cat)
(n.) the foremost of one's enemies, opponents, or adversaries. an archenemy can define one's character as much as a friend or ally can, and in a sense, having one is therefore a necessary step to self-actualization.
famous archenemies include:
united states and soviet union
britain and france
sherlock holmes and professor moriarty
batman and joker
humanity and nature
louis pasteur and antoine béchamp
elvis and robert goulet
and so on
famous archenemies include:
united states and soviet union
britain and france
sherlock holmes and professor moriarty
batman and joker
humanity and nature
louis pasteur and antoine béchamp
elvis and robert goulet
and so on
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