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Reunion: When you meet people your own age who all look a lot older than you.

Definitions People

Recollect: To recall with additions something not previously known.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Definitions Memory

Clarification: To fill in the background with so many details that the foreground goes underground.

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Electric Eel: Fish that thrives in strong currents.

Animals Definitions

Fiddlesticks: Violin bows.

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Bulletin: Your receipt for attending church services.

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Conscience: A device that doesn’t keep you from doing anything – just keeps you from enjoying it.

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

American humorist & public speaker
Definitions Food/Drink

Four-letter Word: Par for the coarse.

Definitions Golf Language Sports

Character: What you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose.

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Lawyer: Men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.

Definitions Lawyers

Antiques: Furniture that is too old for poor folks but the right age for rich people.

Definitions Things

Bigamist: A man who keeps two himself.

Definitions Marriage

Free Verse: Verse written without rhyme or reason.

Definitions Reading/Writing

Zoo: A place where humans go and animals are barred.

Animals Definitions

Book Jacket: A fable of contents.

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Neighbors: People who live near you, who are never around when you need to borrow power tools or jumper cables, but who are everywhere when you are having a heated argument with your spouse.

Definitions People

Apple: Nutritious lunchtime dessert which children will trade for cupcakes.

Definitions Food/Drink

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

Activities Definitions Games

Golf: A pastime that gives people cooped up in the office all week a chance to lie and cheat outdoors.

Definitions Golf Sports

Tax Reform: Taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven’t been taxed before.

Definitions Government Taxes