Author: Ambrose Bierce Page 3

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

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Communication Definitions Emotions Language Love

Defame: To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.

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Communication Definitions Language Lies Truth

Kilt: A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

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America Clothing Definitions Places

Riot: A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

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Conflict Definitions

Cat: A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

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Animals Cats Communication Definitions Language

Oppose: To assist with obstructions and objections.

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Communication Definitions Language

Loquacity: A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

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Communication Conversation Definitions Language Speech

Consult: To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.

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Communication Definitions Language

Self-esteem: An erroneous appraisement.

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Characteristics Definitions

Ignoramus: A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.

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Definitions Intelligence Wisdom

Armor: The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

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Clothing Communication Definitions Language

Marriage: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language Marriage

There never was an impostor so hateful, a blockhead so stupid, a crank so variously and offensively daft… he makes me tired.

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Characteristics Insults Intelligence

War is God's way of teaching us geography.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Conflict God War

Christian: A man who feels repentance on a Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday.

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Beliefs Definitions Religion

Positive: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

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Communication Definitions Language Speech

Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

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Definitions Future Time

Mercy: An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

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Characteristics Communication Definitions Language

Congratulation: The civility of envy.

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Communication Definitions Language

Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

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Communication Definitions Individuals Language Money

Idiot: A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. 

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Definitions Intelligence