(v.) Conducting disputes over minor marginal issues, while overlooking more serious ones.
Derived from the scenario of people arguing over what color to paint the bicycle shed while the house is not finished.
(also: pedantry)
(also: law of triviality)
(also: peter's principle)
(also: grammar nazi)
common three-leaved plant famous for sometimes having four leaves
the place people are talking about when they say america, other american places apparently not counting
(1564- 1616) English poet and playwright.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: william shakespeare quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: william shakespeare quotes)
n. An infernal river whose waters caused those who drank them to forget all they knew; whereas the drinker of Spring Valley forgets nothing but the Third Commandment and the pious precepts of a sainted mother.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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.
the ancient chinese art of mystical housekeeping
Land of sun, drunken tourists and self flagellating history. Green on the North and yellow on the south.
(1685 – 1750) Composer and organist who created some of the world's most beautiful music.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: johann sebastian bach quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: johann sebastian bach quotes)
(n.) a furry, quadrupedal, twitchy-nosed animal that has entered into a contract with humankind, whereby it plays the role of surrogate child, roommate, bungling sidekick and stalwart admirer in exchange for food and shelter.
Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, real "wow that's big," time. Infinity is just so big that, by comparison, bigness itself looks really titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we're trying to get across here.
(also: space)
(also: space)
(adj.) the golden people who know how to give, how to take, and how to set boundaries -- the people who keep the world flowing (much like a healthy river).
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/givers-vs-takers-the-surprising-truth-about-who-gets-ahead/
(also: happy, smart, useful)
(also: reciprocation)
(also: flowing)
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/givers-vs-takers-the-surprising-truth-about-who-gets-ahead/
(also: happy, smart, useful)
(also: reciprocation)
(also: flowing)
The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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(n.) a place where animals are processed into meat products. excellent place to go if one is a vegetarian on the verge of lapsing
A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially the doings of spooks. One of the most illustrious spookers of our time is Mr. William D. Howells, who introduces a well-credentialed reader to as respectable and mannerly a company of spooks as one could wish to meet. To the terror that invests the chairman of a district school board, the Howells ghost adds something of the mystery enveloping a farmer from another township.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
"sorry!"
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(also: north america)
(also: trans-canada highway)
(also: some gorgeous landscapes)
(also: some bloody history)
(also: multilingualism for the win (not just english+french))
(also: spelling things with style ("u" bet!))
(also: metric system)
(also: western democracy)
(also: no one is happy with Trudeau; not the progressives, not the conservatives)
(also: first world activism & guilt)
(also: saviour complex)
(also: the world wide social web is blurring global boundaries)
(also: steeped in mainstream (materialist, consumerist, reductionist, divisive) thinking)
(also: social justice debates and concerns)
(also: recycling/green craze, we should be reducing/ reusing (simple & effective))
(also: budding psychedelic renaissance)
(also: smaller anti-vax movement than US)
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(also: north america)
(also: trans-canada highway)
(also: some gorgeous landscapes)
(also: some bloody history)
(also: multilingualism for the win (not just english+french))
(also: spelling things with style ("u" bet!))
(also: metric system)
(also: western democracy)
(also: no one is happy with Trudeau; not the progressives, not the conservatives)
(also: first world activism & guilt)
(also: saviour complex)
(also: the world wide social web is blurring global boundaries)
(also: steeped in mainstream (materialist, consumerist, reductionist, divisive) thinking)
(also: social justice debates and concerns)
(also: recycling/green craze, we should be reducing/ reusing (simple & effective))
(also: budding psychedelic renaissance)
(also: smaller anti-vax movement than US)
A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness toward widows was one of the most marked features of his character.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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