OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer ...
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AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.
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ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.
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Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
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OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy.
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