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BENEFACTOR, N. One Who Makes Heavy Purchases Of Ingratitude, Without, However, Materially Affecting The Price, Which Is Still Within The Means Of All.
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BENEFACTOR, n. One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude, without,
however, materially affecting the price, which is still within the
means of all.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
Overwork, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
-- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
PREJUDICE, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Inventor, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers, and springs, and believes it civilization.
-- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory.
The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot....
PLAUDITS, n. Coins with which the populace pays those who tickle and devour it.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire
later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile....