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Anonymous: The worlds most popular author.

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Sinker: Lead weight attached to the end of a length of fishing line to facilitate the speedy disposal of unwanted lures.

Activities Definitions Things

Abasement: A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth and power.

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Censor: A man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Communication Definitions Language

Profanity: The father tongue.

Communication Definitions Language Speech

Cross-Eyed Teacher: A teacher that loses control over his or her pupils.

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Wedding License: A certificate that gives a woman the legal right to drive a man.

Definitions Marriage

Conference: A meeting at which people talk about what they should already be doing.

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Fishing: A venerable contest in which modern man pits his intelligence and technology against the native wit of primitive aquatic vertebrates, and generally finishes second.

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Buffet: A French word that means “get up and get it yourself.”

American humorist & public speaker
Definitions Food/Drink

Brain: The apparatus with which we think we think.

Body Definitions

Forger: A man who made a name for himself.

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Bald: When one has less hair to comb but more face to wash.

Appearance Definitions

Anoint: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

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

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Manners: Noises you don’t make when eating soup.

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Matrimony: A knot tied by a preacher and untied by a lawyer.

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Group Therapy: A drama-in-the-round staged for the entertainment of a professional therapist, who commands the players to put on a new show each week and charges them for the privilege.

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Parking Space: An unfilled opening in an unending line of cars near an unapproachable fire hydrant.

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Tact: The ability to arrive at conclusions without expressing them.

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Desire: The thing that is so often nipped in the budget.

Definitions Emotions