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LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which ...

LOGOMACHY, 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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BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen ...

BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion.

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A penny saved is a penny to s...

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

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POETRY, n. A form of expressi...

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

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NOUMENON, n. That which exist...

NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon.

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INJUSTICE, n. A burden which ...

INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the back.

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IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacqu...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.

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J, n. A consonant in English,...

J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, "jacere", "to throw," because when a stone is thrown at a dog the dog's tail assumes that shape.

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Snow pursued by the wind is n...

Snow pursued by the wind is not wholly unlike a retreating army. In the open field it ranges itself in ranks and battalions; where it can get a foothold it makes a stand; where it can take cover it does so. You may see whole platoons of snow cowering behind a bit of broken wall.

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OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used...

OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer . . .

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REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisd...

REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon a book, and so read out of it/ The qualities that you have first read into it.

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EXHORT, v.t. In religious aff...

EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.

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GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can...

GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.

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OSTRICH, n. A large bird to w...

OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.

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renown, n. A degree of distin...

renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.

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OBLIVION, n. The state or con...

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.

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CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of...

CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance - against whom or what does not clearly appear; everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance.

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gratitude, n. A sentiment lyi...

gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.

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YANKEE, n. In Europe, an Amer...

YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown.

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LAST, n. A shoemaker's implem...

LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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