Subject: Definitions

Definitions:

Humorous definitions, often through the use of puns or wordplay

Politician: One who is willing to do anything on earth for the workers except become one.

Good Neighbor: A fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb it.

Connoisseur: One who attains an obsessive knowledge of wines, audio equipment, cats or French cheeses so as to confer a sense of inadequacy on those who would simply enjoy them.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Sense Of Humor: Being able to laugh at your friends’ misfortunes.

Cemetery: An isolated spot, usually in a suburb, where mourners swap lies.

Spinster: An unlusted number.

Courtesy: The art of yawning with your mouth closed.

Tact: The art of saying nothing when there is nothing to say. 

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

Sales Resistance: The triumph of mind over patter.

Agent: Someone who believes an actor takes 85 percent of his money.

Year: The exact length of time that will pass from the day you get married to the day you forget your first anniversary.

Tact: The art of knowing how far one may go too far.

Neurotic: Someone who worries about things that didn’t happen in the past instead of worrying about things that won’t happen in the future.

Definition of a Jewish nymphomaniac: A woman who will make love the same day she has her hair done.

(1946 – ) British actress, columnist & comedian

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Brain: The apparatus with which we think we think.

Yogurt: Semi-solid dairy product made from partially evaporated and fermented milk. Yogurt is one of only three foods that taste exactly the same as they sound. The other two being goulash and squid.

Forger: A man who is always ready to write a wrong.

Pessimist: A person who looks at a doughnut and sees nothing but the hole.