PICKANINNY, n. The young of the 'Procyanthropos', or 'Americanus dominans'. It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.
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Heaven, n. A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own.
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REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.
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