In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (also: DAMNYANK)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.

(n.) Taking a utilitarian, thrifty attitude towards human remains.

(n.) someone who knows much, much less than they think they do

(also: wise guy)

a blind human who insists that every sighted person is a liar

writing or other creative work viewed by publishers as something to fill books with.

Funny skeleton man from undertale

(v.) to evoke (eg. a feeling), not to be confused with illicit

(n.) a specimen of utter dependency and helplessness. often equipped with such sad eyes and default facial expressions.
perhaps the sadness of the toys they have access to playing with -- the supposed, pale mimicry of real prey -- is too much for them to bear.

a politician who is both good and bad, which is worse than bad, because it messes up your classification scheme.

used to indicate that a statement is not true in any practical way, thus having the sole purpose of making the stater feel smart

(adj.) a symbolic way to represent the many functions and capabilities of an entity, especially the infinite nature of the divine.

bulgaria (thracian knight):

rome (janus):

india (gayatri):

japan (ashura):


on slavic god, triglav (literally meaning 'three headed'): http://sms.zrc-sazu.si/pdf/17/03_sms17_Dynda.pdf
iconography of thracian knight: http://icc-online.arte-ct.ro/vol_03/12.pdf
The Three-Faced Representation of the Holy
Trinity: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=kerverbook
Pagan Origins of the Three-Headed Representation of the Christian Trinity: https://www.jstor.org/stable/750313?seq=1
Not So Unorthodox: A Reevaluation of Tricephalous Images of the Trinity: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0040563918766704?journalCode=tsja&

THE BICEPHALIC HUMAN HEAD IN POST-PALEOLITHIC SCULPTURE (~20 different pieces):http://www.museoorigini.it/pagina60.html
UK's largest complete Doom painting restored in a Salisbury parish: https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/news/a-201cremarkable-revelation201d



(also: polycephaly)
(also: bicephalous), (also: tricephalous), (also: multicephalous)
(also: gods and goddesses)
(also: be not afraid)

n. A dagger which in mediæval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.
(also: weapon)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) people within an organization commonly giving disproportionate weight to trivial issues.

(also: peter's principle)

(noun phrase) The regrettable instances where students deviate from expected conduct, testing the boundaries of classroom dynamics. It encompasses a spectrum of actions, from disruptive behavior and disrespect to defiance and disregard for academic norms. Such conduct poses challenges for teachers, demanding swift intervention, consistent discipline, and the delicate art of redirecting behavior towards positive engagement.

(also: your child is a good listener)

a surgical examination of your own body to determine how you died

n. A kind of inlaid work. From Moses, who when little was inlaid in a basket among the bulrush.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) when you think copyright ain't quite alright..
this tells people they can pass along your work, eg. a helpful program, but only if they don't become middlemen that restrict its access. Copyleft guarantees every user has freedom.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html
https://www.arl.org/copyright-timeline/
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/04/01/why-copyright-extensions-are-bad-for-artists/
https://www.eff.org/issues/copyright-trolls

(also: copyright)

outré, i.e. violently bigoted

Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them. It may be graphic, mimetic or merely rident. Shaftesbury is quoted as having pronounced it the test of truth — a ridiculous assertion, for many a solemn fallacy has undergone centuries of ridicule with no abatement of its popular acceptance. What, for example, has been more valorously derided than the doctrine of Infant Respectability?
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)