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Igloo: An icicle built for two.

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Election: When the air is full of speeches and vice versa

Communication Definitions Elections/Voting Government Speech

Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbors. 

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Beliefs Definitions Religion

Diplomat: A fellow who prefers ironing out his differences to flattening his opponent.

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Spinster: A lady in waiting.

Definitions People Women

State-of-the-Art: Soon-to-be-obsolete.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
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Castration: A eunuch experience.

Definitions Wordplay

Autobiography: An I-witness account

Books Communication Definitions People Self

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Definitions Doctors Health

Booby Trap: A brassiere.

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Perfume: What a woman hopes will make her the scenter of attention.

Definitions Wordplay

Nymphomania: A disease where the patient enjoys being bedridden.

Definitions Sex

Yearbook: A book of pictures that get nerdier with time.

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Tissue: Your daily nosepaper.

Definitions Wordplay

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator
Communication Definitions Reading/Writing

Neighbors: The strangers who live next door.

Definitions People

Bogey: The number of strokes needed to finish a hole by a golfer of average skill and above-average honesty.

Definitions Golf Sports

Ad Hoc: Pawn shop advertisement.

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Diagnosis: A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Health Language Money

Foot: A politician’s pacifier.

Definitions Politicians