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Amoebit:
Amoeba/rabbit cross; it can multiply and divide at the same time.
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Andrea's Admonition:
Never bestow profanity upon a driver who has wronged you.
If you think his window is closed and he can't hear you,
it isn't and he can.
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Androphobia:
Fear of men.
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Anoint, v.:
To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently
slippery.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Anthony's Law of Force:
Don't force it; get a larger hammer.
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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.
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Antonym, n.:
The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.
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Aphasia:
Loss of speech in social scientists when asked
at parties, "But of what use is your research?"
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aphorism, n.:
A concise, clever statement.
afterism, n.:
A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.
-- James Alexander Thom
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Appendix:
A portion of a book, for which nobody yet has discovered any use.
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