OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
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MAGPIE, n. A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
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DEBAUCHEE, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it.
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
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RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
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ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
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