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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.
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Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo.
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STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.
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PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.
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Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.
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Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
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Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war and commerce. These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
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Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.
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CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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