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Handicap: An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

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Garage: An attic on a lower level.

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Falsies: Making mountains out of molehills.

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Dust: Mud with the juice squeezed out.

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Charm: The ability to make someone think that both of you are wonderful.

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Snoring: Sheet music.

Definitions Sleep Wordplay

Oaf: An old fashioned jerk.

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Bathing Suit: A garment cut to see level.

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Resolute: Obstinate in a course that we approve.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Congress: A body of men who meet to repeal laws.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Vision: Looking farther than you can see.

Definitions Intelligence Thinking

Babysitter: A teenager you hire to watch your TV.

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Racehorse: A barn athlete.

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Acquaintance: A degree of friendship called ‘slight’ when its object is poor and ‘intimate’ when he is rich or famous.

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Genealogy: An account of one’s descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.

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Budget: An orderly system of living beyond your means.

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Interpreter: A ventriloquist using two dummies.

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Barometer: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language Old Science/Weather

Genealogy: Chasing your own tale.

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Sewing Circle: A group of women who needle each other.

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Neurotic: Someone who worries about things that didn’t happen in the past instead of worrying about things that won’t happen in the future.

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