Linux Definitions

Androphobia:
        Fear of men.

Anoint, v.:
        To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently
        slippery.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Anthony's Law of Force:
        Don't force it; get a larger hammer.

Anthony's Law of the Workshop:
        Any tool when dropped, will roll into the least accessible
        corner of the workshop.

Corollary:
        On the way to the corner, any dropped tool will first strike
        your toes.

Antonym, n.:
        The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.

Aphasia:
        Loss of speech in social scientists when asked
        at parties, "But of what use is your research?"

aphorism, n.:
        A concise, clever statement.
afterism, n.:
        A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.
                -- James Alexander Thom

Appendix:
        A portion of a book, for which nobody yet has discovered any use.

Applause, n:
        The echo of a platitude from the mouth of a fool.
                -- Ambrose Bierce

aquadextrous, adj.:
        Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off
        with your toes.
                -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"