GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.
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REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
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LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
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IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others.
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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