HUMANITY, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
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PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk.
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PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.
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DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep.
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SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.
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