OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment.
OUTDO, v.t. To make an enemy.
OVEREAT, v. To dine.
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime.
PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
Ambrose Bierce
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Devil's Dictionary
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