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RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.
Rectitude does not attach itself to binary transgressions.
RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Rectum: Dang near killed him...
Recurse: (v) to swear again. i.e. "Damn that dog! Damn him!
Recursion in everyday life: Inscription on a shampoo bottle
Lather Rinse Repeat -- Seen on an MIT computer's login message...
Recursion is like a bureaucracy: a bureaucrat does one small part of the job, and then passes it on to an exact copy of himself.
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Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.
Recursion: n. See Recursion. -- Random Shack Data Processing Dictionary
Recursion: The ability to talk to yourself and get an answer. -- Ralph E. Griswold

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