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Vanity of vanities,... all is vanity. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes i, 2; xii, 8
vannevar: /van'*-var/ n. A bogus technological prediction or a foredoomed engineering concept, esp.
one that fails by implicitly assuming that technologies develop linearly, incrementally, and...
VANQUISH A word most commonly used in solemn ceremonies, usually of the form "Behold the devil, I now vanquish thee" in weird religious ceremonies or bad fantasy books.
The amusing thing being...
vaporware: /vay'pr-weir/ n. Products announced far in advance of any release (which may or may not actually take place).
See also {brochureware}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
VAPULATION A flogging. Still used by judges to avoid public outcry when they sentence prisoners to "three months jail and ten vapulations.
-- Daniel Bowen's TOXIC CUSTARPEDIA...
Variables won't; constants aren't. -- Osborn's Law
Variables won't. -- Troutman's Programming Postulate #5
Varicose veins: Veins that are quite close to each other.
Variety 's the very spice of life. -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Line 606
Various people with suicidal tendencies can even integrate elliptic functions.

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