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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HYPOCHONDRIASIS, n. Depression of one's own spirits.
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HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments .... It is now known that sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid.
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PEDESTRIAN, n. The variable (an audible) part of the roadway for an automobile.
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PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.
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