(adj.) coming from the origin, and remaining connected to it; perhaps transformed, but never warped nor mutilated.
many people of the modern first world live their lives carrying (and burdened by) the mistaken idea that to be original means something has to be new: artists. teenagers. but that's simply not what original means, in its true spirit!
and I do say burdened because it can weigh heavy if you want to be original and leave an original legacy. and it will feel like an impossible task.
release that ego weight.



it's about being true, not about being new.

(also: nothing new under the sun)
(also: a little love is not so bad)

Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

reputable graverobber.
(also: graverobbing)

truce
(also: truce)

(v.) acting out of a belief that being good in one situation then allows you to be a dick in another.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/why-good-deeds-can-cause-moral-backsliding.html

Mediocre actress and controversial public figure

Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In the novel the writer's thought is tethered to probability, as a domestic horse to the hitching-post, but in romance it ranges at will over the entire region of the imagination — free, lawless, immune to bit and rein. Your novelist is a poor creature, as Carlyle might say — a mere reporter. He may invent his characters and plot, but he must not imagine anything taking place that might not occur, albeit his entire narrative is candidly a lie. Why he imposes this hard condition on himself, and "drags at each remove a lengthening chain" of his own forging he can explain in ten thick volumes without illuminating by so much as a candle's ray the black profound of his own ignorance of the matter. There are great novels, for great writers have "laid waste their powers" to write them, but it remains true that far and away the most fascinating fiction that we have is "The Thousand and One Nights."
(also: marriage)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(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.

the purported secretive cabal consisting of key influential individuals in the many halls of power, and which engineers globally insidious undertakings of all descriptions, including the activities of satanic cults, the cia, the military, ancient egyptians, atlantis, alien invaders, the entertainment industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the arms industry, the confectionery industry, unhinged lone wolf assassins, the knights templar, your mom, french revolutionaries, freemasons, and underappreciated webcartoonists of the 2010s who just sort of stopped updating with no warning one day.

... but not coofl. definitely not coofl.

(noun) A revolutionary saga where powdered wigs met musket fire, and tricornered hats clashed with redcoats. A boisterous rebellion against tea taxes, monarchs, and stuffy British rule, featuring a cast of passionate colonists, cunning revolutionaries, and the occasional founding father. A tale of liberty, independence, and a nation born in the crucible of conflict, leaving a legacy of freedom, fireworks, and a deep-seated love for grilled meats.

Teaching Tip: Encourage critical thinking and analysis by providing students with a variety of primary and secondary sources related to the American Revolution. By engaging in document analysis and discussions, students can develop a deeper understanding of the causes, key events, and perspectives of different individuals involved in the revolution.

(n.) if a shelf does not hold books or spices, is it a real shelf?

n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

[warning: under construction]

(also: office cubicle monotony)


(link is not broken, though it appears to be)

(also: y2k panic)

(also: Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
(also: Cowboy Bebop)

in ancient egypt: a poo-bah, a big shot. the king (not elvis... except in semipopular musical stageplay "joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat")

a direct translation to english apparently would be "great house"

n. An infernal river whose waters caused those who drank them to forget all they knew; whereas the drinker of Spring Valley forgets nothing but the Third Commandment and the pious precepts of a sainted mother.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

the point at which you are most expected to pay attention

(n.) the belief that any sacrifice is worth it to make the world a worse place

(1707 – 1783) Swiss mathematician who made prolific discoveries in calculus and graph theory.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: leonhard euler quotes)

The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly (Musca maledicta). The father of Zoölogy was Aristotle, as is universally conceded, but the name of its mother has not come down to us. Two of the science's most illustrious expounders were Buffon and Oliver Goldsmith, from both of whom we learn (L'Histoire générale des animaux and A History of Animated Nature) that the domestic cow sheds its horns every two years.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

Includes varieties such as classical, baroque, country, jazz, rock, ska, disco, punk, funk, metal, polka, folka and pretentious