DOG, n. A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.... His master works for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.
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IMPIETY, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.
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REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.
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DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.
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HYPOCHONDRIASIS, n. Depression of one's own spirits.
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UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.
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