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• QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• KNIGHT, n. Once a warrior gentle of birth, Then a person of civic worth, Now a fellow to move our mirth.
  Warrior, person, and fellow -- no more: We must knight our dogs to get any lower....
• ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
  A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous....
• Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• AIM, n. The task we set our wishes to. "Cheer up!
  Have you no aim in life?" She tenderly inquired....
• CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• COMMENDATION, n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our own.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...