Linux Definitions

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"

Arbitrary systems, pl.n.:
        Systems about which nothing general can be said, save "nothing
        general can be said."

Arithmetic:
        An obscure art no longer practiced in the world's developed countries.

Armadillo:
        To provide weapons to a Spanish pickle.

Armor's Axiom:
        Virtue is the failure to achieve vice.