RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.
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1842–1910 United States
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SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.
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Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.
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REFORM, v. A thing that mostly satisfies reformers opposed to reformation.
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Uxoriousness, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife.
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MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
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REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
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Medicine, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
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REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.
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HOMOEOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.
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MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.
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ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.
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SELF-ESTEEM, n. An erroneous appraisement.
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AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way.
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