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Bald: When one has less hair to comb but more face to wash.

Appearance Definitions

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

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Antique: Something too old to be anything but too expensive.

Definitions Things

Middle Age: That period when a man begins to shed his hair, his teeth, and his illusions.

Age Definitions

Gardener: Someone who thinks that what goes down must come up.

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Fruitcake: The gift that keeps on giving.

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Puritan: A person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

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Virtue: Insufficient temptation.

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Honeymoon: The morning after the knot before.

Communication Definitions Marriage

Adolescence: That period when children feel their parents should be told the facts of life.

Age Definitions

Old Age: When you wink at a girl and she says, “Something wrong with your eyes?”

Age Definitions

Infant Prodigies: Young people with highly imaginative parents.

Children Definitions Family

Omen: A sign that something will happen if nothing happens.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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After-Dinner Speaker: A person who only has a few words to say, but seldom stops when he has said them.

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Alimony: The fee a woman charges for name-dropping.

Definitions Marriage

Consumer: One who delights advertisers by acquiring unnecessary products.

Definitions Shopping

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

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Billboards: Litter on a stick.

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Auctioneer: The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Skeptic: One who won’t take know for an answer.

Definitions People

Wind: Weather on the go.

Definitions Science/Weather