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Insanity: Knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it.

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Carpet: Expensive floor covering used to catch spills and clean mud off shoes.

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Ambition: Goaled rush.

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Electric Eel: Fish that thrives in strong currents.

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Philanthropist: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language Wealth

Skeleton: A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

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Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?

(1965 – ) English comedian, musician, actor & author
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Afterthought: A tardy sense of prudence that prompts one to try to shut his mouth about the time he has put his foot in it.

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Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.

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Television Programming: Material that fills the time between commercials.

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Diploma: A job-hunting license.

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Oyster: A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.

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Woman: An animal… having rudimentary susceptibility to domestication… The species is the most widely distributed of all beast of prey… The woman is omnivorous and can be taught not to talk.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Bliss: Having no idea what is really happening.

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Inertia: Tendency of a skier’s body to resist changes in direction or speed due to the action of Newton’s First Law of Motion.

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Siamese Twins: First person plural.

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Slang: Language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work.

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Abasement: A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth and power.

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Innocent Bystander: A person so simple-minded he doesn’t know enough to get out of the way.

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Chastity: Perhaps the most peculiar of all sexual aberrations.

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Exercise: The joy of flex.

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