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Florists: Petal pushers.

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Learning: The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Education Language Learning

Depression: A period in which you have no belt to tighten.

Definitions Frugal Money

Toupée: Top secret.

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Puritan: A person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

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Argument: An exchange of ignorance.

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Courtesy: Acceptable hypocrisy.

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Longevity: Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Death Definitions Language Life

Sidesaddle: How men, rather than women, would ride in a truly logical world.

Definitions Men Women

Abstract Art: The proof that things are not as bad as they are painted to be.

Art Definitions Entertainment

Courtship: A man pursuing a woman until she catches him.

Dating Definitions Relationships

Ambassador: An honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

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Centimeter: A parking meter that takes pennies.

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Infant Prodigies: Young people with highly imaginative parents.

Children Definitions Family

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Contract: An agreement to do something if nothing happens to prevent it.

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Statesman: A politician who is held upright by equal pressure from all directions.

Definitions Politicians

Exaggeration: Formal term for a collection of fishermen (i.e. an exaggeration of anglers).

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Bulletin: Your receipt for attending church services.

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Parents: The one thing children wear out faster than shoes.

Definitions Family Parents

Reducing: Wishful shrinking.

Appearance Body Definitions Wordplay