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Honeymoon: The morning after the knot before.

Communication Definitions Marriage

Ventriloquist: A man who never speaks for himself.

Communication Definitions Speech

Boat: A hole in the water surrounded by wood into which one pours money.

Definitions Things

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright
Books Communication Definitions Reading/Writing

Chivalry: The attitude of a man toward somebody else’s wife.

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Adolescence: That period when children feel their parents should be told the facts of life.

Age Definitions

Dermatologist: Person who makes rash judgments.

Definitions Doctors Health

Good Old Days: What people fifty years hence will be calling the present time.

Definitions Past Time

Bus: A vehicle that runs faster when you run after it and runs slowly when you are inside it.

Definitions Driving

Yardstick: One foot on each side and one in the middle.

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Foot: A politician’s pacifier.

Definitions Politicians

Poise: The act of raising the eyebrows instead of the roof.

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

American humorist & public speaker
Definitions Food/Drink

Lecher: A stud with liver spots.

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Groom: Least important member of wedding party, whose only duties are to show up on time, remember the ring, and try not to be drunk.

Definitions Husbands Marriage

Filing Cabinet: A place where you lose things alphabetically.

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Modesty: Being comfortable that others will soon discover your greatness.

Definitions Self

Hole-In-One: An occurrence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole on a single shot by a golfer playing alone.

Definitions Golf Sports

Fortune teller: Séance fiction.

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Blind Date: When you expect to meet a vision and he turns out to be a sight.

Dating Definitions Relationships

Intelligent conversationalist: One who nods his head in agreement while you’re talking.

Communication Conversation Definitions Intelligence Speech