(n.) something that is not what it is perceived to be, like the way you perceive me as someone who gives a crap
(n.) a witticism. something oscar wilde would say at a party. basically what every entry on this website amounts to.
A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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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)
(n.) a mythical being that rises from a moldering grave to drain the life blood of unsuspecting prey; probably inspired by earlier tales of landlords or moochers
a state of society or communal existence where everything is immaculate and perfect. It still wouldn't be good enough for you though, would it?
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”― George Eliot
(also: transylvania twist)
In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors and public enemies.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Odd little electronic devices worn around the wrist (or other convenient appendage). The apparent function of these instruments, is to determine the time of day, though their actual suitability for this purpose is somewhat questionable.
The problem is that the process of programming one is so insanely complicated and involves so much stress, anxiety and general irritation, by the time you have actually figured out how to set it to, say, 5:42 p.m. you are much more likely to cut off your hands at the wrists and dispose of them, watch and all, than do something so thick-witted as to actually wear it. For this reason most enlightened regions of the Galaxy have given up on the whole business, and they are now extremely hard to come by.
One of the few remaining civilizations still hanging on to this affectation is the planet Earth, whose ape-descended lifeforms still consider the digital a pretty neat idea.
(also: time)
The problem is that the process of programming one is so insanely complicated and involves so much stress, anxiety and general irritation, by the time you have actually figured out how to set it to, say, 5:42 p.m. you are much more likely to cut off your hands at the wrists and dispose of them, watch and all, than do something so thick-witted as to actually wear it. For this reason most enlightened regions of the Galaxy have given up on the whole business, and they are now extremely hard to come by.
One of the few remaining civilizations still hanging on to this affectation is the planet Earth, whose ape-descended lifeforms still consider the digital a pretty neat idea.
(also: time)
(n.) the act of borrowing something at a very favorable rate to the borrower.
(c 1391 – 1271 BC) A key figure of Jewish / Christian history gave10 Commandments of Old Testament
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: 10 Commandments )
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: 10 Commandments )
(1721 – 1725) Russian Emperor who expanded the Tsarist Empire to make Russia European power.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: peter the great quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: peter the great quotes)
noun: a lost soul who may or may not be manipulative but is advocating for what one believes is right.
example: i'm sorry for breaking up your marriage, but i was just being an amberheard because i thought he loved me.
verb: to act righteously whether morally right or wrong.
example: ricky was perceived as a compulsive liar but he was just amberhearding because he was raised to believe that's the only way to survive in corporate america.
example: i'm sorry for breaking up your marriage, but i was just being an amberheard because i thought he loved me.
verb: to act righteously whether morally right or wrong.
example: ricky was perceived as a compulsive liar but he was just amberhearding because he was raised to believe that's the only way to survive in corporate america.
Noun /ˈlɛmən/
A fruit that looks innocent enough on the outside, but is often a sour disappointment on the inside. A favorite of used car salesmen and con artists everywhere, it has the power to turn a dream into a nightmare with a single turn of the key.
(also: marriage)
A fruit that looks innocent enough on the outside, but is often a sour disappointment on the inside. A favorite of used car salesmen and con artists everywhere, it has the power to turn a dream into a nightmare with a single turn of the key.
(also: marriage)
The only place in the word were you can find that many retarted.
A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) a really big fat rock that floats around in space, but is stuck orbiting around another bigger and fatter rock.
(also: planet)
(also: planet)
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