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RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other.
Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and i...
Rent a clue!
Rent-To-Own a clue buddy.
RENVR: REName Variables Randomly
REPAIRMEN can fix anything.
Repairmen know the tricks of the trade, but not the trade!
Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.
-- William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) -- Letter to the Earl of Shelburne, Sept. 29, 1770...
REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Repartee: an insult with a suit and tie on.
REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend.
In a war of words, the tactics of the North American I...

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