(1787–1851) French artist and photographer, who is credited with the invention of the camera.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: louis daguerre quotes)

field of health whose main tenet is that pain is bad in and of itself, rather than just being a symptom of bad. This is in opposition to fitness, which says that pain is a symptom of bodily good.

An adherent without sense.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

if you are given the option between fungible goods of various prices, buy the most expensive one

Terrorist's kinder twin brother but an insurgent's morally grey best friend

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)

The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile. Being a blind faith, it is inaccessible to the light of disproof — an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.

The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

both wonderful and depressing

machine used to make people's voices less pleasant for usage in humorous similes.

(n.) professional term for the more scrapey kind of boo-boo

(n.) a professional who studies the health and condition of teeth, regarded as kin to schoolteachers and other torturers

(n.) a north american hybrid between a dog and a hobo.

A woman that has sex with everyone and wears revealing clothing.

(interjection) An exclamation of frustration or desperation, often uttered by computer users experiencing technical difficulties. The phrase is a humorous adaptation of the Christian prayer "Jesus take the wheel," which implores Jesus to take control and guide one's life in a positive direction. In the context of computer problems, the speaker is similarly invoking divine intervention to resolve the issue at hand. However, it is unclear whether Jesus has any particular expertise in computer repair, or if he is simply being asked to take over out of a sense of desperation. Nevertheless, the phrase has become a popular meme in online communities, serving as a humorous expression of the exasperation many feel when confronted with malfunctioning technology.

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







(also: gods and goddesses)
(also: kitsune)
(also: be not afraid)

(n.) source of all life; is wet.

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.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) the non-union, discounted equivalent of a penguin

(also: encyclopedia galactica)