Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. One of the most practical exponents of the Malthusian idea was Herod of Judea, though all the famous soldiers have been of the same way of thinking.
(also: the devils dictionary)

Term referring to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It was coined by a Soviet journalist to refer to her tough stances and actions.

(also: soviet journalists)

(n.) a chemical substance used to regulate one's more eccentric behaviors. no, booze does not count.

n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a figurative sense to denote the poetic faculty, as in the following fiery lines of our great poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

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I sit astride Parnassus with my lyre,
And pick with care the disobedient wire.
That stupid shepherd lolling on his crook
With deaf attention scarcely deigns to look.
I bide my time, and it shall come at length,
When, with a Titan's energy and strength,
I'll grab a fistful of the strings, and O,
The world shall suffer when I let them go!
—Farquharson Harris
(also: instruments of torture)
(also: ancient instruments of torture)
(also: modern instruments of torture)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) professional term for the more bleedy kind of boo-boo

series of letters of decreasing size that you could certainly memorize. Every eye chart is the same sequence, and it's only 66 letters.

When you are above

that part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

activity carried out by suckers who don't know how to invest

(n.) a lifestyle of comfort and enjoyment, justifiable only through abstruse philosophical ramblings

(also: bacchanalia)
(also: food)
(also: drugs)
(also: sex)
(also: alcohol)

n. A lawyer with a roving commission.


(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(american) an american variation of football, refined to have even more complicated rules so that the on-field action becomes even more slow and excruciating. while nobody in recorded history actually knows how this game is played, and americans are too embarrassed to admit it, it seems to involve large men trying to dogpile each other while a pig's bladder is thrown out of bounds.

Fear of humans in large quantities

beautiful (white)

(n.) a time to see the results of your efforts, and indulge in feast and merriment!

(also: you reap what you sow)
(also: plentiful harvest)
(also: solarpunk)

(1707 – 1783) Swiss mathematician who made prolific discoveries in calculus and graph theory.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: leonhard euler quotes)

(also: bypasses)

(n.) those who inhabit the netherlands. also the same place as holland, just so there's no confusion

in many ways, the luckiest and the dankest people in the world

In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.
(also: america)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) to claim service from another on the threat of publicly revealing embarrassing or harmful information; the term is often regarded as a harsh, harsh word by blackmailers