He maybe the second coming of Y-chromosomal Adam. People from all the planet can trait their bloodline back to him
(also: Y-Chromosomal Adam)
A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that —
"Stone walls do not a prison make,"
but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets.
(also: crime)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
"Stone walls do not a prison make,"
but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets.
(also: crime)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work: the ancients painted their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patrons.
(also: art)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work: the ancients painted their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patrons.
(also: art)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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!”
(n.) a large cloud of ionized, gaseous stardust that might someday contract and coalesce into a star, if it's very well-behaved and says its prayers.
nebulae in real life are very sparse and dispersed, and thus they are not a very good place to hide from the wrath of khan.
nebulae in real life are very sparse and dispersed, and thus they are not a very good place to hide from the wrath of khan.
The downfall of all villains.
formal name for the shape formed by the overlapping portion of a venn diagram
informally called a vag
informally called a vag
(n.) the catalyst who transforms a solo nut into a leader
Derek Sivers is too good not to share:
(also: leader)
(also: second follower)
Derek Sivers is too good not to share:
(also: leader)
(also: second follower)
(n.) the one who transforms the leader and first follower from weirdos, to the beginnings of a crowd
someone who defends something and thus supports it and is thus biased and is thus unfit to defend it
although I am unable to rationalize your misfortune, perhaps God, with His infinite intelligence, might be able to rationalize it.
(n.) a real go-getter of a communicable disease
A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. Frequently appended to each instalment is a "synopsis of preceding chapters" for those who have not read them, but a direr need is a synopsis of succeeding chapters for those who do not intend to read them. A synopsis of the entire work would be still better.
The late James F. Bowman was writing a serial tale for a weekly paper in collaboration with a genius whose name has not come down to us. They wrote, not jointly but alternately, Bowman supplying the instalment for one week, his friend for the next, and so on, world without end, they hoped. Unfortunately they quarreled, and one Monday morning when Bowman read the paper to prepare himself for his task, he found his work cut out for him in a way to surprise and pain him. His collaborator had embarked every character of the narrative on a ship and sunk them all in the deepest part of the Atlantic.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
The late James F. Bowman was writing a serial tale for a weekly paper in collaboration with a genius whose name has not come down to us. They wrote, not jointly but alternately, Bowman supplying the instalment for one week, his friend for the next, and so on, world without end, they hoped. Unfortunately they quarreled, and one Monday morning when Bowman read the paper to prepare himself for his task, he found his work cut out for him in a way to surprise and pain him. His collaborator had embarked every character of the narrative on a ship and sunk them all in the deepest part of the Atlantic.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
A solemn religious ceremony to which several degrees of authority and significance are attached. Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Some of the smaller sects have no sacraments at all — for which mean economy they will indubitably be damned.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(noun):
Hilariously disastrous stories that make you question humanity's ability to navigate the simplest of tasks, like opening a door or using a toaster without setting the house on fire.
(also: tales from pizza guy)
Hilariously disastrous stories that make you question humanity's ability to navigate the simplest of tasks, like opening a door or using a toaster without setting the house on fire.
(also: tales from pizza guy)
(also: market)
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join