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MAGNITUDE, n. Size. Magnitude being purely relative, nothing is large and nothing small.
Magnocartic, adj.: Any automobile that, when left unattended, attracts shopping carts.
-- Sniglets, Rich Hall & Friend...
Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law.
The people assembled. Mahomet called the hill to come to him...
MAIDEN AUNT: A girl who never had the sense to say "uncle.
MAIDEN, n. A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless conduct and views that madden to crime.
The genus has a wide geographical distribution, being found wherever sought and deplored whe...
Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto i, Stanza 9...
Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh give me back my heart!
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Maid of Athe...
Maid (unpacking): Goodness, what nice jewelry. Mae We
Goodness" had nothing to do with it, dearie....
mailbomb: (also mail bomb) [USENET] 1. v. To send, or urge others to send, massive amounts of {email} to a single system or person, esp.
with intent to crash or {spam} the recipient's system...

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