HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.Ambrose Bierce
SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.
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AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors to dislodge the worms.
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NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.
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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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OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets.
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