Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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INDIGESTION, n. A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind.
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LIAR, n. One who tells an unpleasant truth.
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Certainty, When one is mistaken at the top of ones voice.
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LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he 'lost his election'.
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