(n.) a painfully stupid bird prone to screeching, violent spasms and getting itself killed flailing against panes of glass. regarded as a symbol of peace, presumably because they're so fragile and have trouble defending themselves
n. An apparatus with which we think that we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man who wishes to do something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been pitchforked into high station, has commonly such a headful of brain that his neighbors cannot keep their hats on. In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
An adherent without sense.
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(n.) a man who pays unusual and excessive attention to the quality and appearance of the clothing he wears; a man fixated on style and fashion.
often mocked, but sometimes also feared. a man in tights will nearly always fall into this category.
often mocked, but sometimes also feared. a man in tights will nearly always fall into this category.
(1042 – 29 July 1099) Influential Pope who ordered the first Crusade to the Holy Land and set up the Papal Court
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(n.) music for those long-haired snobby elitist artsy-fartsy types; derived from really old stuff
c. 3000 BC Egyptian pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt to found the First Dynasty.
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Bo-gie
/ˈbōɡē/
(Noun)
“Bogie” is a term used by the British during the Revolutionary War used to describe a person perpetrating perilous performances against them.
Example:
“There's a (bogie) shoving melted candle wax up my ass over here!”
/ˈbōɡē/
(Noun)
“Bogie” is a term used by the British during the Revolutionary War used to describe a person perpetrating perilous performances against them.
Example:
“There's a (bogie) shoving melted candle wax up my ass over here!”
(1879 – 1955) German/ US scientist discovered Theory of Relativity.
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A country in the middle of europe with a, for lack of a better term, troubled history during the 20th century.
It also is a founding member of the European Union.
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It also is a founding member of the European Union.
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One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.
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(adj.) full to and over the brim.
spilling over the rim.
defying the container and its boundaries, and entering the world.
spilling over the rim.
defying the container and its boundaries, and entering the world.
(v.) to use a valuable thing or resource carefully. to not waste it.
"[these snails] would attach themselves to a convenient branch, construct a thin, paper like front door over the mouth of the shell, and then retreat deep into its convolutions in order **to husband** the moisture in their bodies from the fierce heat of the sun." -- Birds, beasts and relatives by Gerry Durrell
"[these snails] would attach themselves to a convenient branch, construct a thin, paper like front door over the mouth of the shell, and then retreat deep into its convolutions in order **to husband** the moisture in their bodies from the fierce heat of the sun." -- Birds, beasts and relatives by Gerry Durrell
(n.) professional term for the more scrapey kind of boo-boo
piece of the former yugoslavia, and formerly united with the czech republic
artists andy warhol and steve ditko came from slovak immigrant families, suggesting that this is mostly a place people come from rather than go to
artists andy warhol and steve ditko came from slovak immigrant families, suggesting that this is mostly a place people come from rather than go to
n. One who steals a whole herd of cattle, as distinguished from the inferior actor who steals one animal at a time—a superior stock actor, as it were.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) an account of how things stand. what (or who!) has come in, what (or who) has gone out. handy for an overview.
historically, (n.) "a book that lies permanently in some specified place."
historically, also (adj.) "remaining in a place, permanent, stationary"
historically, (n.) "a book that lies permanently in some specified place."
historically, also (adj.) "remaining in a place, permanent, stationary"
if you are given the option between fungible goods of various prices, buy the most expensive one
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join