AFFIANCED, pp. Fitted with an ankle-ring for the ball-and-chain.
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CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach.Ambrose Bierce
LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
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RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.
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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
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CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
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PREDILECTION, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.
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