Subject: Definitions (Page 56)

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White Lie: Aversion of the truth.

Beliefs Definitions Honesty Lies Truth

Girdle: Accessory after the fat.

Appearance Clothing Definitions Wordplay

Oven: Compact home incinerator used for disposing of bulky pieces of meat and poultry.

Cooking Definitions Food/Drink Things

Oppose: To assist with obstructions and objections.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

Acrobat: The person who turns a flop into a success.

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Reunion: When you meet people your own age who all look a lot older than you.

Definitions People

Plumber: A drain surgeon.

Definitions Occupations

Communism: Liberation of the people from the burdens of liberty.

Definitions Government

Racehorse: A barn athlete.

Animals Definitions Wordplay

Sarong: A simple garment carrying the implicit promise that it will not long stay in place.

Appearance Clothing Definitions

Etiquette: Learning to yawn with your mouth closed.

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Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic
Acting Definitions Entertainment Occupations

Savages: People who don’t know what is wrong until missionaries show them.

Definitions People

Blushing: The color of virtue.

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Businessman: One who talks golf all morning at the office, and business all afternoon on the links.

Definitions Golf Occupations

Status Quo: Latin for “the mess we’re in.”

Definitions Problems

Grandmother: A babysitter who doesn’t hang around the refrigerator.

Definitions Family

Middle Age: When you no longer care where your wife wants to go – so long as you don’t have to go with her.

Age Definitions Wives

Propaganda: Baloney disguised as food for thought.

Definitions Wordplay

Brute Force: When your brain doesn’t work, just keep beating on the problem until one of you dies.

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Absolute Zero: The lowest grade attainable on a test.

Definitions Education School