(n.) an academic discipline that discusses and researches the motions of physical bodies, from tiny atoms up to massive stars and our entire galaxy.
physics was invented when archimedes was running home from the bathhouse to write down his thoughts on fluid displacement; he slipped and fell into a temporal anomaly, landing on the head of isaac newton, who thus also got some neat ideas about gravity in one of history's rare twofers.
... well, okay, it wasn't exactly that, but it was something like that.
n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.
(also: the devils dictionary)
(also: the devils dictionary)
a popular plot device where a character must form relationships anew without the need to introduce new characters
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)
(also: marriage)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
n. A tormenting vehicle in which a pirate jolts you through devious ways to the wrong place, where he robs you.
Fictional Language made for lonely people
used in Star Trek Saga.
used in Star Trek Saga.
(adj.) occurring in or belonging to the era before the Flood.
a wonderful way to describe a boat that's falling apart.
(also: three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog))
a wonderful way to describe a boat that's falling apart.
(also: three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog))
(1485 – 1547) Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztec lands of modern-day Mexico.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: hernando cortes quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: hernando cortes quotes)
(n.) an informal term of address with multiple possible meanings
1) an easygoing, purposeless southern Californian beach bum
2) (in the Old West) a preening cityslicker dandy who is out of his element in more rugged climes
exactly what these two have to do with each other fair boggles the mind
1) an easygoing, purposeless southern Californian beach bum
2) (in the Old West) a preening cityslicker dandy who is out of his element in more rugged climes
exactly what these two have to do with each other fair boggles the mind
A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
(also: LONGEVITY)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: LONGEVITY)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Dirndl - the traditional dress of women in Bavaria and Austria. Can sometimes be very low cut, but either way, it's cute as hell. Like the two-plaited women wearing them
(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)
(also: your child is a good listener)
(n.) very popular with the gentlemen
"you're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece!"
-a carefully crafted insult intended to describe one whose appearance might be called grabastic
-a carefully crafted insult intended to describe one whose appearance might be called grabastic
reputable graverobber.
(also: graverobbing)
(also: graverobbing)
A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are made with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is supposed to be more beautiful than it looks.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join