SLANG, n. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.
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DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.
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EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.
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Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.
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REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.
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