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Pages  :  208
Price  :  $13.95 (USD)
ISBN  :  0597845050
Published  :  Jan 16, 2004
 

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 Description

 

If you like The Devil's Dictionary from Webster's Online Dictionary [www.websters-online-dictionary.org], you will love this book, which is compiled from the site into one handy reference. In 208 pages, all of your favorite content from the site is put into a concise volume for you to enjoy anywhere. Includes thousands of pithy and witty definitions by one of this country's most praised and cynical wits. Enjoy!

 
 

 Excerpt (Introduction)

 
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.


 

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