“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
(also: Nietzsche)
(n.) a variety of music that gives one the impression of being bearhugged by a fat, friendly bavarian even when none are present
(n.) forbidden, not to be confused with elicit
(n.) the point at which a married couple simply can't make the holy and sacred bond of matrimony work anymore
(also: divorce rate)
(also: divorce rate)
(n.) an attempt to do oneself in through the most pleasant means at hand, including drunkenness, gluttony, and general revelry
(also: debauchery)
(also: hedonism)
(also: New Orleans)
(also: debauchery)
(also: hedonism)
(also: New Orleans)
In financial affairs, to contribute to the development of a transfer company — one that transfers money from the pocket of the investor to that of the promoter.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) one with admirable qualities worthy of emulation and laudable achievement, like being a main character; one who is not a zero
not a greek sandwich
not a greek sandwich
In a math textbook, a self-important term for a word problem
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.
(also: bicycle)
(also: bicycle)
To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.
(n.) the ability to hold the interest of another, regardless of how nonsensical the things you say might be
(n.) a room above your house, for storing old things and providing a sporting hiding place for menacing intruders
The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences. It consists in "reading character" in the wrinkles made by closing the hand. The pretence is not altogether false; character can really be read very accurately in this way, for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word "dupe." The imposture consists in not reading it aloud.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(570 – 632 AD) Prophet of Islam.
(also: quotes of muhammet)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: quotes of muhammet)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(1903 – 1967) American biologist who created the oral contraceptive pill.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: gregory pincus quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: gregory pincus quotes)
A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
(also: women)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: women)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Just about the most massively useful thing any interstellar Hitchhiker can carry.
(also: the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy)
(also: the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy)
The Answer to the Great Question Of Life, The Universe, And Everything. The problem is that nobody really knows what the question is
(also: Deep Thought)
(also: Deep Thought)
(n.) uh... ham.
(adj.)
1) nervous, jumpy; more jittery than a green snake in a sugarcane plantation
2) avant-garde and trendmaking; for some reason, this usually equates to taking a corny cartoon made for immature children and retooling it into a grim cartoon for immature teenagers
1) nervous, jumpy; more jittery than a green snake in a sugarcane plantation
2) avant-garde and trendmaking; for some reason, this usually equates to taking a corny cartoon made for immature children and retooling it into a grim cartoon for immature teenagers
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
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