a game in which people attempt to predict certain things that will happen, forfeiting money or possessions if they are incorrect
the more upscale version of gambling is the stock market
(n.) the belief that any sacrifice is worth it to make the world a worse place
(n.) something one gives up in order to appease a temperamental deity or wife
(v.) to make something into a sacrifice by sacrificing it. ya dig?
(v.) to make something into a sacrifice by sacrificing it. ya dig?
(n.) a peculiar life form that clings to the gutters of houses and is able to remain incredibly still.
also the best cartoon disney ever did
also the best cartoon disney ever did
n. A delicate and costly textile fabric with which the female soul is netted like a fish.
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The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
He swore that all other religions were gammon,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
—Jared Oopf
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He swore that all other religions were gammon,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
—Jared Oopf
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(v.) a fine, tricky venture. be careful you're not kidding yourself on your motives.
yes, the effect of $100 is roughly the same, whether you did out of a need to think of yourself as a 'good person' or out of a focus on the other person or a cause. but don't fall prey to moral backsliding.
(also: virtue)
(also: moral backsliding)
yes, the effect of $100 is roughly the same, whether you did out of a need to think of yourself as a 'good person' or out of a focus on the other person or a cause. but don't fall prey to moral backsliding.
(also: virtue)
(also: moral backsliding)
(1736 – 1819) Scottish engineer. Watt improved the Newcome steam engine creating an efficient steam engine
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An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly wielded by an ass. This use of the quill is now obsolete, but its modern equivalent, the steel pen, is wielded by the same everlasting Presence.
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A small European animal that is kind enough to lend its name to the American tongue as a euphemism for that of the native skunk, than which it is esteemed more genteel. Like the skunk, however, it makes music for the deaf when kicked.
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the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, was by the Greeks absurdly called tau. In the alphabet whence ours comes it had the form of the rude corkscrew of the period, and when it stood alone (which was more than the Phœnicians could always do) signified Tallegal, translated by the learned Dr. Brownrigg, "tanglefoot."
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(100 BC – 44 BC) Roman ruler who oversaw the demise of the Roman Republic to be replaced with a Roman Emperor. Militarily strengthened the power of Rome.
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(n.) small furry critter with a beefsteak tied to its butt and a rather bad case of buck teeth. known for its facility of chewing up trees to make damns.
(1901–1976) German theoretical physicist – one of the pioneers of Quantum mechanics
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(1893 – 1976) Leader of the Communist Revolution and dictator of China from 1949-1974.
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n. One who is compelled by the evidence to believe in free will, and whose will is therefore free to reject that doctrine.
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(354 – 430) Influential Christian saint and writer, who shaped much of Western Christian thought.
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(n.) the shorthand way of saying television.
that we even need a shorthand version of such a trivial word is indicative of how this invention has damaged us as a society.
that we even need a shorthand version of such a trivial word is indicative of how this invention has damaged us as a society.
n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.
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