someone who is nervous and irritatable
A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
All roads, howsoe'er they diverge, lead to Rome,
Whence, thank the good Lord, at least one leads back home.
—Borey the Bald
(also: airbus)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
All roads, howsoe'er they diverge, lead to Rome,
Whence, thank the good Lord, at least one leads back home.
—Borey the Bald
(also: airbus)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward "obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader.
The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that great conquerors have great noses, Getius, whose writings antedate the age of humor, calls the nose the organ of quell. It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of another, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.
There's a man with a Nose,
And wherever he goes
The people run from him and shout:
"No cotton have we
For our ears if so be
He blow that interminous snout!"
So the lawyers applied
For injunction. "Denied,"
Said the Judge: "the defendant prefixion,
Whate'er it portend,
Appears to transcend
The bounds of this court's jurisdiction."
—Arpad Singiny
There's a man with a Nose,
And wherever he goes
The people run from him and shout:
"No cotton have we
For our ears if so be
He blow that interminous snout!"
So the lawyers applied
For injunction. "Denied,"
Said the Judge: "the defendant prefixion,
Whate'er it portend,
Appears to transcend
The bounds of this court's jurisdiction."
—Arpad Singiny
Considered next to prostitution to be one of the world's oldest professions.
a process of converting someone to a specific belief, perspective, or series of behavior processes. These methods vary by culture, and by government. an ancient alien race known as the reapers may or may not be the originators of these complex and multi-faceted techniques of behavior (and thought) modification.
(also: military)
(also: minecraft)
(also: military)
(also: minecraft)
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans
And don't go through your sister's drawers
(v.) cheating at money
when u hate the world, insturance that u don't turn your back at everyone, that you are nice to whoever they are - a training
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.
(also: Birthday Suit)
(n.) the knowledge that something inadvisable would be enjoyable, generally meant to be resisted to avoid consequences
(n.) the practice of expressing concern over the welfare of one's natural environment, for the ultimate goal of being able to say "I told you so"
(1766 – 1844) English chemist and physicist. Made contributions to atomic theory.
(also: john dalton quotes)
He is also shortest member of dalton brothers, even his criminal years everybody were expecting him to become scientist.
(also: dalton brothers)
(also: john dalton quotes)
He is also shortest member of dalton brothers, even his criminal years everybody were expecting him to become scientist.
(also: dalton brothers)
Harmless.
adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
(also: law)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: law)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.): A brooding, melodramatic strategist who's convinced he's always the smartest person in the room. Often found lounging on a throne while his minions do the grunt work. Has a flair for dramatic entrances and is known to monologue for hours on end.
(also: anime)
(also: anime)
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