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nolo contendere:
A legal term meaning: "I didn't do it, judge, and I'll never do
it again."
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nominal egg:
New Yorkerese for expensive.
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Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations:
Negative expectations yield negative results.
Positive expectations yield negative results.
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Nouvelle cuisine, n.:
French for "not enough food".
Continental breakfast, n.:
English for "not enough food".
Tapas, n.:
Spanish for "not enough food".
Dim Sum, n.:
Chinese for more food than you've ever seen in your entire life.
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November, n.:
The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Novinson's Revolutionary Discovery:
When comes the revolution, things will be different --
not better, just different.
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Nowlan's Theory:
He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
the next freeway exit.
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Nusbaum's Rule:
The more pretentious the corporate name, the smaller the
organization. (For instance, the Murphy Center for the
Codification of Human and Organizational Law, contrasted
to IBM, GM, and AT&T.)
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O'Brian's Law:
Everything is always done for the wrong reasons.
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O'Reilly's Law of the Kitchen:
Cleanliness is next to impossible
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