(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

an affirmation of maximum certainty and assuredness that something will be accomplished or carried out. a vow may be of peace or inaction, such as that of a pacifist. A vow may be of action, such as that of a soldier promising to deliver a memento to a loved one.

(also: military)
(also: oath)

time is an illusion
lunchtime doubly so

“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche,
(also: Nietzsche)

(n.) pharmaceutical compounds, usually those which produce happiness in those who cannot manufacture it for themselves

(also: hedonism)

singularity!

To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.
(also: maid)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

me

(n.) a sensation that follows right after one gets one's hopes up, during which the hopes come crashing down and break into shards of bitter, bitter reality.

The first letter in every properly constructed alphabet. It is the first natural utterance of the human vocal organs, and is variously sounded, according to the pleasure and convenience of the speaker. In logic, A asserts and B denies. Assertions being proverbially untrue, the presumption would be in favor of B's innocence were it not that denials are notoriously false. In grammar, A is called the indefinite article, probably because, denoting a definite number, it is so obviously a numeral adjective.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem — a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success.

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'Tis said by divers of the scholar-men
That poor Salmasius died of Milton's pen.
Alas! we cannot know if this is true,
For reading Milton's wit we perish too.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

the leader of a nation lead by God

The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

(n.) the state after having cleared all the muckity muck from the mucky pond -- the doubts, worries, envies, misfortunes. when giving something new a chance becomes possible.

(also: debt jubilee)
(also: phoenix)
(also: newborn)
(also: baby)

(n.) a shaggy, garishly-dressed, drugged up young person who spends his time zoned out of his mind in some kind of psychedelic rock concert and protesting the general state of things and stuff

they were a major source of parental alarm in the 60s and 70s until they were replaced by, oh, let's say punks

(new yorker slang) place that is not new york; place safe to dump toxic waste

A form of penance practiced by the medieval pious. The rite was performed, sometimes with a knife, sometimes with a hot iron, but always, says Arsenius Asceticus, acceptably if the penitent spared himself no pain nor harmless disfigurement. Scarification, with other crude penances, has now been superseded by benefaction. The founding of a library or endowment of a university is said to yield to the penitent a sharper and more lasting pain than is conferred by the knife or iron, and is therefore a surer means of grace. There are, however, two grave objections to it as a penitential method: the good that it does and the taint of justice.

(also: god)

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

piece of the former yugoslavia, and formerly united with the czech republic

artists andy warhol and steve ditko came from slovak immigrant families, suggesting that this is mostly a place people come from rather than go to

(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

(n.) 1) a foul play in the grand game of civilization. 2) that which cannot be further discussed without the consultation of a lawyer.