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Reoriented: Sent back to China.

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Fad: A folly committed by enough of the right people to confer upon it the badge of status.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
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Puttering: Woman’s word for man’s work.

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Trombones: Bones in an orchestra.

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Sadist: A person who is kind to a masochist.

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Ability: What you have to get by on if you don’t kiss-up to the boss.

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State-Of-The-Art: Soon-to-be-obsolete.

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Penicillin: What to give a man who has everything.

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Bargain: Something you can’t use, at a price you can’t resist.

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Communism: The cause that suppresses.

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Sanitation Worker: The title conferred on garbage men when they  started earning more than public school teachers.

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Matrimony: The splice of life.

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Monument: A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Bus Driver: A person who tells people where to get off.

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Selfish: Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Alarm Clock: That which scares the daylight out of you.

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Budget: A schedule for going into debt systematically.

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My definition of a redundancy is an air bag in a politician's car.

(1931– 2012) American actor, producer & director
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Knitting: An exercise that gives women something to do when they are talking.

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Woodpecker: A knocking bird.

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Dentist: A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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