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“ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.”

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“RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.”

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“RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.”

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“RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.”

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“SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.”

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“SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.”

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“SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.”

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“SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”

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“SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. (See LOGIC.)”

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“TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.”

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“TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.”

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“TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.”

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“TRUCE, n. Friendship.”

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“TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.”

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“TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it is pretty good eating.”

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“TWICE, adv. Once too often.”

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“TYPE, n. Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency in this incomparable dictionary.”

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“UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.”

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“UN-AMERICAN, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.”

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“UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.”

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