APOSTATE, N. A Leech Who, Having Penetrated The Shell Of A Turtle Only To Find That The Creature Has Long Been Dead, Deems It Expedient To Form A New Attachment To A Fresh Turtle.

APOSTATE, N. A Leech Who, Having Penetrated The Shell Of A Turtle Only To Find That The Creature Has Long Been Dead, Deems It Expedient To Form A New Attachment To A Fresh Turtle.

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APOSTATE, n. A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle
only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient
to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Dejeuner, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris.
Variously pronounced. -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
Windows and DOS -- a turtle and it's shell.
PLEASURE, n. The least hateful form of dejection. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
BASILISK, n. The cockatrice. A sort of serpent hatched form the egg of a cock.
The basilisk had a bad eye, and its glance was fatal....
HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
NON-COMBATANT, n. A dead Quaker. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary