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Upper Crust: People stuck together by their dough.

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Cabinet Maker: Counter fitter.

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Wind: Weather on the go.

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Self-respect: The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

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Statesman: A politician away from home.

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Miser: A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

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Strip Poker: A game in which the more you lose the more you have to show for it.

Activities Definitions

Dieting: The penalty for exceeding the feed limit.

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Architect: One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

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Fanatic: A man who does what God would do – if He only had the facts straight.

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Learning: The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Education Language Learning

Mausoleum: The final and funniest folly of the rich.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Death Definitions Language Money Wealth

Diet: Something to take the starch out of you.

Definitions Eating Food/Drink

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other.

(1870-1943) German-American politician, socialist & writer
Definitions Government Politics

Appendix: A portion of a book, for which nobody yet has discovered any use.

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Congress: A place where there are too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen – and not enough U.S. Congressmen.

Congress Definitions Government

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

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Dependent: Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Fine Print: A clause for suspicion.

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Zoo: A pleasant and instructive wildlife park, lately denounced for depriving animals of their right to starve or be eaten alive in their natural habitats.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
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Plagiarize: To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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