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CONSULTANT:
[From con "to defraud, dupe, swindle," or, possibly, French con
(vulgar) "a person of little merit" + sult elliptical form of
"insult."] A tipster disguised as an oracle, especially one who
has learned to decamp at high speed in spite of a large briefcase
and heavy wallet.
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CONSULTANT:
Someone who'd rather climb a tree and tell a
lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.
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Consultants are mystical people who ask a
company for a number and then give it back to them.
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CONSULTATION:
Medical term meaning "to share the wealth."
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Contemporary American feminism's simplistic psychology is illustrated by
the new cliche of the date-rape furor: "`No' always means `no'." Will
we ever graduate from the Girl Scouts? "No" has always been, and always
will be, part of the dangerous alluring courtship ritual of sex and
seduction, observable even in the animal kingdom.
-- Camille Paglia, NY Times, Dec. 14 1990, Op Ed.
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"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and
if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"
-- Lewis Carroll
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Convention is the ruler of all.
-- Pindar
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CONVERSATION:
A vocal competition in which the one who
is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Conversation enriches the understanding,
but solitude is the school of genius.
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Conway's Law:
In any organization there will always be one person who knows
what is going on.
This person must be fired.
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