Subject: Definitions (Page 33)

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Honesty: The fear of being caught.

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Fiddler: A violinist before he becomes the virtuoso.

Definitions Entertainment Music

Adage: To become older.

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Brothel: Home is where the tart is.

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Clairvoyant: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Bachelor: A man who has faults he doesn’t know about.

Definitions Men People

Demagogue: A man who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

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Inflation: Being broke with a lot of money in your pocket.

Definitions Money

American Way: Using instant coffee to dawdle away an hour.

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Honeymoon: A short period of doting between dating and debting.

Definitions Marriage

Chivalry: A man’s inclination to defend a woman against every man but himself.

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Communism: The cause that suppresses.

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Insanity: Grounds for divorce in some states; grounds for marriage in all

Definitions Marriage

Delegate-At-Large: A man at a convention whose wife didn’t accompany him.

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Geologist: Fault finder.

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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

Apparently: As either mother or father would do it.

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Editor: The fellow who makes a long story short.

Communication Definitions Reading/Writing

Adolescence: The age between puberty and adultery.

Age Definitions Sex

Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?

(1965 – ) English comedian, musician, actor & author
Definitions History Time

Experience: What causes a person to make new mistakes instead of the same old ones.

Definitions Mistakes