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Worry: Interest paid on trouble before it falls due.

Definitions Emotions

Boundary: In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.

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Cartoon: What’s sung when driving your car.

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

Activities Definitions Games

Abbreviation: Long word with, ironically, no obvious shorter alternative.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer
Definitions Language Reading/Writing

Smile: To expose a portion of one’s skeleton as a gesture of goodwill toward a fellow human.

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Ecstasy: Happiness with its clothes off.

Definitions Emotions Happiness Sex

Antique: An object that has made a round trip to the attic.

Definitions Things

Philosophy: A study which enables man to be unhappy more intelligently.

Definitions Happiness Intelligence

Insurance: A form of gambling in which we bet our chance of escaping disaster, and win only when we lose.

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Housewarming: The last call for wedding presents.

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Alimony: The fee a woman charges for name-dropping.

Definitions Marriage

Pacifist: A fellow who could attend a peace conference without getting into a fight.

Conflict Definitions Fights People

Callous: Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

Characteristics Definitions

Educated Man: One who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answers.

Definitions Intelligence Wisdom

Quartet: Four men, all of whom think that the other three can’t sing.

Definitions Entertainment

Acme: Spots on the top of your head.

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Waiter: A guy who believes money grows on a tray.

Definitions Occupations Work

Boss: A person who comes early to see who comes late.

Definitions Work

Motherhood: If it was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.

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Rummage Sale: Where you buy stuff from somebody else’s attic to store in your own.

Activities Definitions Shopping Things