In a math textbook, a self-important term for a word problem

(n.) the demon cluck-bird is its name, eat its wings to make it tame

these birds, often raised domestically on farms, are known for their gormless stupidity and delicious versatility: their flesh is high in protein, their eggs make a nourishing breakfast, and their necks are easily wrung for convenient sacrifices.

defying the age old philosophical query, there is no particular motivation a chicken might have for crossing a road, as they do not know what roads are.

The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) a boss-man or pooh-bah, usually in sinister secret societies or chess clubs

(adj.) winding down, coming to an end (of a chapter), releasing the spoils of war (& life).

(also: moon)
(also: wheel of life)
(also: wheel of fortune)
(also: shape of stories)

Government by those who are wise in personal property and good in real estate.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) a reptilian animal that was at the back of the queue when evolution was handing out limbs

A place where ships taking shelter from storms are shattered by customs officers.
(also: ship)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

a computer program that pretends to be a different genre of pornography

(n.) a european nation that's doing very well since the divorce from slovakia

home to prague, the spookiest european capital, as well as... presumably other things

(n.) the academic discipline of measuring time, usually making clocks.

... you thought it was something else. Admit it.

(also: toxic)

A human between the age of 0 and 12 is considered a child. These creatures are also known as: “Devil”, “Asspain” & “Brats”

(n.) one who wanks; a tosser.

(also: tosser)

(noun):
A lovably mischievous creature that serves as the loyal sidekick to an evil mastermind, often seen wearing adorable overalls and speaking in their own unique language that sounds like a mix of gibberish and silliness.


(also: serving as a loyal sidekick)
(also: wearing adorable overalls)
(also: speaking in unique language)
(also: sounding like gibberish and silliness)
(also: being mischievous and lovable)
(also: accompanying an evil mastermind)

(n.) bravery; ability to act in the face of fear, pain or grief

among other things this quality is believed to make a king of a slave, induce the flag on the mast to wave, and put the 'ape' in 'apricot'

adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end, as in this famous passage from Bella Peeler Silcox:

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The electric light invades the dunnest deep of Hades.
Cries Pluto, 'twixt his snores: "O tempora! O mores!"

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It should be explained that Mrs. Silcox does not undertake to teach pronunciation of the Greek and Latin tongues. Leonine verses are so called in honor of a poet named Leo, whom prosodists appear to find a pleasure in believing to have been the first to discover that a rhyming couplet could be run into a single line.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

the place people are talking about when they say america, other american places apparently not counting

(n.) one whose job is to negotiate agreements between nations, which will later be broken as an excuse to have a war

(also: war)

(n.) a peon; a lowly goombah; a low-ranking catspaw; a lackey; an errand boy; a mook