The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryUniversity of Georgia Press, 15.09.2010 - 440 Seiten If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. |
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... respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.—Oliver Cromwell. Abridgement, n. A brief summary of some person's literary work, in which those parts that tell against ...
... respect as the precursor of astronomy. Similarly, the nighthowling tomcat has a just claim to reverential consideration as precursor to the hurtling bootjack. Attorney, n. A person legally appointed to mismanage one's affairs which one ...
... respect in one whom we dislike. Concert, m. An entertainment for the humiliation of Baby by superior howling. Concession, n. A lowering of one's guard to elicit an adversary's ill-considered thrust. Conciliation, n. Same as above ...
... respect. Dado, n. Anything decorative for which the aesthetes know no better name. Damn, p. A word formerly much used by the Paphlagonians, the meaning of which is lost. By the learned Dr. Dolabelly Gak it is believed to have been a ...
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