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ABATIS, N. Rubbish In Front Of A Fort, To Prevent The Rubbish Outside From Molesting The Rubbish Inside.
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ABATIS, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside
from molesting the rubbish inside.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel....
FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships.
It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- "Rubbish may be shot here....
HYPOCHONDRIASIS, n. Depression of one's own spirits.
Some heaps of trash upon a vacant lot Where long the village rubbish had been shot Displayed a sign among the stuff and stumps -- "Hypochondriasis....
TR: Turn into Rubbish
If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it. -- Richard Burto
I've seen it. It's rubbish. -- Marvin the Paranoid Android
RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at least not on the outside.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or cage, in case of an accident to the hoisting apparatus.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...