(n.) a professional who pretends to be someone else in order to tell a story.
once regarded as having the same low social status as a prostitute, though this is not the case today as prostitutes are becoming more and more appreciated.
(n.) the joy that accompanies seeing a rival or enemy suffer; sort of the reverse of an empathetic cringe of embarrassment
(n.) when members of the same family take on romantic relationships with one another; one of those things that is viewed as disgusting and reprehensible in the lower class but respectable and proper in the upper class
(n.) a stuck-up self-important upper-class twit who probably had a silver spoon in every orifice since day one and had daddy's money to bail them out of whatever trouble they got themselves into, and who lords their fancy education over working class folk to play at being more sophisticated than they really are.
bitter? oh. a tad.
etymology: the word comes from 'toffee-nose,' an aptly-named medical condition commonly resulting from the disease called syphilis
bitter? oh. a tad.
etymology: the word comes from 'toffee-nose,' an aptly-named medical condition commonly resulting from the disease called syphilis
(adj.) suffering, as a result of alcohol, from reduced good judgment and impaired sense of balance, but with the positive effect of total immunity from criticism and greater insight into hidden or nonexistent beauty
also (n.) one who frequently and uncontrollably becomes drunk
also (n.) one who frequently and uncontrollably becomes drunk
(n.) a garment intended to be placed upon the head. convenient for conveying one's status and hiding any bald spots
(n.) a thief, plunderer, and brigand who is afforded more than the usual amount of respect and acclaim because their various offenses are performed while on a boat
(n.) a piece of pathogenic virus, which through exposure can bolster the immune system of a person and thus bestow them with immune defenses against that virus. objected to by those who believe that nothing that good for you can possibly come without a catch, and are subsequently confused about why they always seem to be getting these rare diseases
(n.) a fiery pit of eternal torment that, according to religion, awaits all wrongdoers, criminals, irreverent blasphemers, masturbators, teen sex icons, performers of counterculture music, and assorted sundry other nonconformists.
(also: heaven)
(also: afterlife)
(also: heaven)
(also: afterlife)
(n.) a possibly nonexistent place to which the soul will supposedly immigrate following death. in the west such a place would generally be referred to as heaven if it's a good place and hell if it's a bad one.
(n.) the mental state in which all people live at all times while doing their best not to let it show
(n.) a deceptive statement, but one that is intended to enhance understanding rather than obfuscate it
(n.) a craft intended to move across the top of a body of water. if it's really big it's called a ship. musical performer styx famously used one of these to saaaaaaaail away
(n.) someone trained to operate aboard a spacecraft, braving such dangers as the pitiless vacuum of space, the burning agony of unshielded radiation, the wasting-away of their bone and muscle mass, and the existential agony that accompanies total realization of one's insignificance in the grand scheme of things, all in the hopes of exploring totally uninhabitable places with generally little in the way of mineral wealth.
astronauts may be said to blur the line between courageous heroism and flagrant stupidity
astronauts may be said to blur the line between courageous heroism and flagrant stupidity
(n.) a contraption of silicon, glass and plastic that serves as a secondary brain so that people do not have to handle all that tedious thought by themselves
(n.) an unexpectedly successful colony of the americas originally established as a free range insane asylum. at one point was marketed as a luxury vacation destination until the tourism board realized they weren't fooling anyone.
(n.) an unexpectedly successful colony of the americas originally established as a free range insane asylum. currently a popular destination for sun and sand, until people actually go there and see how little of both there actually is
(n.) apparently one of the creator's attempts at the ultimate life form. commonly found in maryland
(adj.) beautiful and desirable due to being different from that which is boringly familiar
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