The Satanic Supplement
Asprunt,adj. Sprouting out insanely in all directions.
Thanks to his breakdown his marriage went awry, his daughter went away, his son went astray and his garden and beard went utterly asprunt.
Journal of Amateur Psychiatry
Cynical,adj. Unable to see any significant distinction between the process of being robbed and murdered for someone else's profit, and the obviously quite different process of being robbed and murdered for one's own good.
Electorate,n. Powerful clique with the ability to vote a political party out of power, though usually by the less than satisfactory expedient of voting another one in.
Foolproof,adj. Immune to any stupidity other than the designer's.
Gutter,n. Endlessly fecund stream which has spawned many of our most colourful forms of wildlife, notably the Yellow Press Journalist and the True Blue Patriot which, despite their divergent hues, share similar cries and the characteristic fragrance of their place of origin.
Humus,n. Future tense of human.
Kin,n.pl. Relatives, in bulk. Presumably derived from kine, an archaic word for cattle.
Mediocracy,n. Theoretical form of government, never yet put into practice, whereby power is concentrated in the hands of the mediocre. Most experts consider this system decidedly inferior to the forms of government already in place around the world (chiefly autocracy, democracy, and the various other types of hypocracy), in which power devolves automatically to those most competent to abuse it.
Ossify,v.i. To turn into bone, after the fashion of the air within the skull of a religious convert.
Practical,adj. An approach to the misfortunes of others which involves carrying on exactly as normal, thus providing immeasurable comfort to those in need by showing that their difficulty is having no adverse effect on your profit.
Stillbirth,n. Worm's-veal.
Thanks to his breakdown his marriage went awry, his daughter went away, his son went astray and his garden and beard went utterly asprunt.
Journal of Amateur Psychiatry
Cynical,adj. Unable to see any significant distinction between the process of being robbed and murdered for someone else's profit, and the obviously quite different process of being robbed and murdered for one's own good.
Electorate,n. Powerful clique with the ability to vote a political party out of power, though usually by the less than satisfactory expedient of voting another one in.
Foolproof,adj. Immune to any stupidity other than the designer's.
Gutter,n. Endlessly fecund stream which has spawned many of our most colourful forms of wildlife, notably the Yellow Press Journalist and the True Blue Patriot which, despite their divergent hues, share similar cries and the characteristic fragrance of their place of origin.
Humus,n. Future tense of human.
Kin,n.pl. Relatives, in bulk. Presumably derived from kine, an archaic word for cattle.
Mediocracy,n. Theoretical form of government, never yet put into practice, whereby power is concentrated in the hands of the mediocre. Most experts consider this system decidedly inferior to the forms of government already in place around the world (chiefly autocracy, democracy, and the various other types of hypocracy), in which power devolves automatically to those most competent to abuse it.
Ossify,v.i. To turn into bone, after the fashion of the air within the skull of a religious convert.
Practical,adj. An approach to the misfortunes of others which involves carrying on exactly as normal, thus providing immeasurable comfort to those in need by showing that their difficulty is having no adverse effect on your profit.
Stillbirth,n. Worm's-veal.
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