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• SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LUNARIAN, n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom the moon inhabits.
  The Lunarians have been described by Lucian, Locke and other observers, but without much agreement....
• HEBREW, n. A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior creation.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• bells and whistles n. [common] Features added to a program or system to make it more flavorful from a hacker's point of view
  without necessarily adding to its utility for its primary function....
• Conservative, n: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" 1911...
• POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which has but one.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
  -- Ambrose Bierce...
• hud n. 1. Yet another metasyntactic variable (see foo).
  It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was `foo', `bar', `thud', `blat'....
• hud: n. 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}).
  It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was `foo', `bar', `thud', `blat'....