IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.
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SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization.
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HUMANITY, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
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ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. I.
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PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.
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