(n., of a rise to power) rapid and momentous. Because of course meteors are known mostly for how they rise

(1723-1790) Scottish social philosopher and pioneer of classical economics.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: adam smith quotes)

a computer that can be held in the palm. Smartphones are not palmtops because, in addition to making calculations, storing data, running programs, being programmable, and accessing the Internet, they can also make phone calls.

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

person who takes unwanted things and makes them farther away.

(noun): A charmingly deceptive bunch, known for luring unsuspecting tourists into a state of perpetual relaxation and carefree indulgence.

Smb. who uses drugs a lot

(n.) the haunting knowledge that one has done something wrong despite their better judgment; generally a deterrent against future wrongdoing until the individual forgets about it

(also: shame)

(n.) a european who drinks olive oil from the flask and despises spaniards

Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source — the first words of the ancient Latin hymn Te Deum Laudamus. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

phrase used to get you to stop repeating the joke

Pronunciation: Sha-doh Thuh Hej-Hog

(n) The only good Sonic game.

the frozen wasteland in the north of the american continent (but not quite canada)

like most frozen fantasy lands to the far north, it is ruled by a sinister and shadowy dark lord, this particular one being named vince lombardi. main things to see here include cheese and sausage

(n.) avoiding an excessive or impolitic amount of truthfulness

(also: truth)

a sport involving men standing out on a floe of frozen ice and attempting to savagely beat each other with sticks. it's a bit like bruce wayne's training in batman begins, actually.

(n.) could be only a moment (like "Eureka!"), or prolonged access to wisdom, a sustained ability to understand the whole of the game (like with true enlightenment in monks, or Richard Feynman with physics & lock-picking, etc.).

not simplicity. not simplistic. not reductionism.
intent matters here, too.. because one person's Inbox 0 helps them to control information flow & to stay on top of things (i.e. they have clarity on priorities, etc), but for another person, they can be a slave to the idea of Inbox 0 (a simple logic of "if email, I need to read it", but forgetting that it's just a tool and not a rule of the universe or anything).

(also: nuance)

(noun): The digital equivalent of a laughing gas, causing uncontrollable bursts of mirth and occasional snort-like sounds. Used liberally to express amusement, even when a mere exhale would suffice. Side effects may include loss of productivity, a decrease in actual audible laughter, and a heightened sense of internet absurdity.

(n.) a fruit hailing from southeast asia and oceania, known for its beguilingly-elongated, whimsically-curved shape, and the ease with which its rind can be removed. actually neither of those qualities exists within natural, grown-in-the-wild bananas; both were engineered into the fruit by godless human meddling.

common cartoon knowledge holds the banana to be a favorite repast of the monkey.

n. The smallest current coin.

---

"The man was in such deep distress,"
Said Tom, "that I could do no less
Than give him good advice." Said Jim:
"If less could have been done for him
I know you well enough, my son,
To know that's what you would have done."
—Jebel Jocordy


(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(field.)Field of problems that affects everyone other than me.
(also: air pollution)
(also: world peace)