The Devil's Dictionary
RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
BEAUTY, n. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
If these caustic definitions catch your fancy, you'd enjoy The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.
He was a columnist with the San Francisco News Letter, a weekly paper which was a business publication aimed at the corporate sector. However, it had a column entitled Town Crier which featured satirical asides and comments in a lighter vein...
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