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Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to people better than you are.

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Accountability: The mother of caution.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Taxes: A funding method which allows people to test their powers of deduction.

Definitions Taxes

Chiropractor: A doctor who works his fingers to the bone… yours.

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Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

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Bowling: Marbles for grown-ups.

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Heredity: What a man believes in until his son begins to behave like a delinquent.

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Argument: A discussion where two people try to get the last word in first

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Numismatics: Collecting money for fun.

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Budget: A method of worrying before you spend, instead of afterward.

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Ambiguity: The lack of clarity in speech… or perhaps, something else.

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Yodeling: Slope opera.

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Bum: A man-about-town.

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Pediatrician: Man of little patients.

Definitions Doctors Health Wordplay

Diamond: A woman’s idea of a stepping stone to success.

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Foosball: A combination of soccer and shish kabobs.

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Genealogist: One who traces your family history back as far as your money will go. 

Definitions Family

Dieting: The penalty for exceeding the feed limit.

Definitions Food/Drink

Psychology: The care of the id by the odd.

Definitions Health Science/Weather

Guilt: The gift that keeps on giving.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist
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Asylum: A refuge where unusual people are protected from the world.

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