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Chatterbox: Another name for a telephone booth.

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Congress: A body of men brought together to slow down the government.

Congress Definitions Government

Booby Trap: A brassiere.

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Manager: Someone who doesn’t know how to do your job, who tells you how to do your job.

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Brute Force: When your brain doesn’t work, just keep beating on the problem until one of you dies.

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Experience: A form of knowledge acquired only two ways: by doing and being done.

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Infant Prodigies: Young people with highly imaginative parents.

Children Definitions Family

Minor Operation: One performed on someone else.

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Classical Jazz: Rock of ages.

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Depression: A period during which we have to get along without the things our grandparents never dreamed of.

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Small Town: A place where everybody knows the troubles you’ve seen.

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Heirloom: Some old thing nobody liked well enough to wear out.

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Church: Man’s effort to keep a roof over God’s head.

Beliefs Definitions God

I.O.U.: A type of paper wait.

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Love: A form of self-government under a two-party system.

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Atrophy: An award given to those who do not exercise.

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Patron: A customer who doesn't ask prices.

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Marriage: A deal in which a man gives away half his groceries in order to get the other half cooked.

Cooking Definitions Food/Drink Marriage

Entrepreneur: What you’re called when you don’t have a job.

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Summer Camps: Those places where little boys go for mother’s vacation.

Activities Definitions

Bridge: A game which gives women something to try to think about while they are talking.

Activities Definitions Games