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Faith: Not wanting to know what is true.

(1844 – 1900) German philosopher
Beliefs Definitions

Fishing License: Permit issued upon payment of a modest fee that allows fishermen to lose lures in a specified area.

Activities Definitions

Court Of Law: A place where a suit is pressed and a man maybe taken to the cleaners.

Definitions Law

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

Appearance Clothing Definitions

Stroke-Of-Luck: Hole-in-One.

Definitions Golf Sports

Inch: Unit of measure whose length is consistently underestimated by men.

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Antique: An object that has made a round trip to the attic.

Definitions Things

Acquaintance: A degree of friendship called ‘slight’ when its object is poor and ‘intimate’ when he is rich or famous.

Definitions People

Sociology: Journalism without news.

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Realtor: A man with lots to sell.

Definitions Occupations Wordplay

Eulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Death Definitions

Education: A progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Definitions Education

Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

Communication Definitions Speech

Cynic: A man who sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

Photograph: A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Art Definitions Things

Tabloid: A screamlined newspaper.

Communication Definitions Reading/Writing

Char: Common method of cooking over a campfire.

Cooking Definitions

Income Tax: The entry fee for the rat race.

Definitions Government Taxes

Teacher: A person who swore she would starve before teaching, and who has been doing both ever since.

Definitions Education

Originality: Undetected plagiarism.

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Clique: A group of insiders who greet outsiders with their backsides; a closed circle of asses.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
Definitions People