Subject: Definitions (Page 62)

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Tax Reform: Taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven’t been taxed before.

Definitions Government Taxes

Newlywed: A man who puts up the storm windows the first time his wife suggests it.

Definitions Marriage

Taste: (female Interpretation): Something you do frequently to whatever you’re cooking, to make sure it’s good;   (male Interpretation): Something you must do to anything you think has gone bad, prior to tossing it out.

Definitions Men People Women

Lawsuit: A contest generally won by the party that can afford to reimburse the lawyers on both sides of the dispute.

Definitions Law Lawyers

Sewing Circle: A group of women who needle each other.

Definitions Friends Wordplay

Business Lunch: Lunch.

Definitions Food/Drink

Epigram: A half-truth so stated to irritate the person who believes the other half.

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Psychiatrist: A head coach.

Definitions Doctors Health

Blurt: To speak the truth.

Definitions Speech

Recursion: If you still don't get it, See: Recursion.

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Baker: A person who kneads the dough.

Definitions Occupations

Executive Ability: The art of getting the credit for all the hard work that somebody else does.

Definitions Work

Specialist: A man who knows more and more about less and less.

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Garden: Something that dies if you don’t water it, and rots if you do.

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Honesty: The fear of being caught.

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Rite: A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Rum: Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Alcohol Definitions

Leftovers: Repast history.

Definitions Food/Drink

Juvenile Delinquents: Other people’s children.

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False Pregnancy: Laboring under a misconception.

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Economist: One who takes a lot of unwarranted assumptions and reaches a foregone conclusion.

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