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• University: A modern school where football is taught.
  -- Paraphrased from Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary" -- (definition of "Academe")...
• Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• HERS, pron. His. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Once, adv.: Enough. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• OTHERWISE, adv. No better. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• REALLY, adv. Apparently. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary