OUTDO, v.t. To make an enemy.
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Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.
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OPTIMIST, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. A pessimist applied to God for relief.
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Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.
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URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, 'I beg your pardon,' and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others.
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STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.
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