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include: vt. [USENET] 1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response.
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include war: n. Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion {thread}, a practice that tends to annoy readers.
In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as USENET, this can lead ...
In Columbia, Pennsylvania, it is against the law for a pilot to tickle a female flying student under her chin with a feather duster in order to get her attention.
INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the commonly accepted standards being artificial, arbitrary and fallaciou
for, as "Sir Sycophas Chrysolater" in the play ha...
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. -- Herman Wouk
Incoming fire has the right of way. -- Murphy's Military Laws, #02
In Communism's central planning, citizens are told "You will make widgets".
In Capitalism's advertising, citizens are told "You will buy widgets"....
In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
-- Pli...
INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner....
INCOMPETENCE A politer word for stupidity. If you are accused of incompetence, just remember, it is far better to be incompetent than incontinent (see below).
-- Daniel Bowen's TOXIC CUSTARPEDI...

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