ABDOMEN, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with
sacrificial rights, all true men engage. From women this ancient
faith commands but a stammering assent. They sometimes minister at
the altar in a half-hearted and ineffective way, but true reverence
for the one deity that men really adore they know not. If woman had a
free hand in the world's marketing the race would become
graminivorous.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
sacrificial rights, all true men engage. From women this ancient
faith commands but a stammering assent. They sometimes minister at
the altar in a half-hearted and ineffective way, but true reverence
for the one deity that men really adore they know not. If woman had a
free hand in the world's marketing the race would become
graminivorous.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion.
The chief temple is in the holy city of New York. ... - PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers
in many parts of the world,
but by modern in Central Africa only. The Pigmies... - SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians,
allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed... - MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain.
Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain... - REVERENCE, n. The spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a
man.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related as
follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape,
S.J. One day a wag -- what would the wretch be... - ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the
small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination
and cooked its flesh for the gods.
The word is now seldom used, except with reference... - LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear
and his faith in your patience.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true,
creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine...
