n. excuse to take a break
interestingly at all developing countries
(also: developing countries which never developing)
both wonderful and depressing
The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death. Augustine Nicholas relates that a poor peasant who had been accused of sorcery was put to the torture to compel a confession. After enduring a few gentle agonies the suffering simpleton admitted his guilt, but naïvely asked his tormentors if it were not possible to be a sorcerer without knowing it.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
A main ingredient in glorious beer, which in itself is a main ingredient in a glorious day.
(also: guide)
Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
"More dear than all my bosom knows, O thou
Whose 'lips are sealed' and will not disavow!"
So sang the blithe reporter-man as grew
Beneath his hand the leg-long "interview."
—Barson Maith
(also: report)
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"More dear than all my bosom knows, O thou
Whose 'lips are sealed' and will not disavow!"
So sang the blithe reporter-man as grew
Beneath his hand the leg-long "interview."
—Barson Maith
(also: report)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
The grunt of the human hog (Pignoramus intolerabilis) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
an aphrodisiac given to someone else to override their romantic will
a game that begins to lay the psychological framework of addictive personality disorder within the minds of children, in a subtle-enough way that parents do not notice it, until the process is long-completed.
(also: indoctrination)
(also: indoctrination)
Anyone not from 'round these parts. And we don't like those types 'round here.
(n.) basically a small pork chop.
(n.) a complex thingy made of various interconnected bits of stuff. the web of a spider is made of silken strands strewn in a net-shape between tree branches and other detritus. the web of political intrigue is made of backstabs and power-grabs strewn between taxpayer dollars.
alternatively, "web" may also be a distinctly radical way of saying "the internet."
alternatively, "web" may also be a distinctly radical way of saying "the internet."
a voluntary legal agreement between a company and an unsuspecting customer
(n.) little black bird that suddenly appears every time roadkill is near
v.t. To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
people you're bound to by blood and birth, with no choice in the matter (also: hematology)
the most pointless crime, because everybody knows mass cannot be truly destroyed (or created)
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join