LIAR, n. A lawyer with a roving commission.
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MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. Herod of Judea, all the famous soldiers have been practical exponents of the Malthusian idea.Ambrose Bierce
NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
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DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command.
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UN-AMERICAN, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.
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LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg 'pate'.
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SELF-denial, n. Indulgence of a propensity to forego.
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