SLANG, N. The Grunt Of The Human Hog (_Pignoramus Intolerabilis_) With An Audible Memory.

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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. A means (under Providence) of
setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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