Related:

• AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at least not on the outside.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...