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default, n.:
[Possibly from Black English "De fault wid dis system is you,
mon."] The vain attempt to avoid errors by inactivity. "Nothing will
come of nothing: speak again." -- King Lear.
-- Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"
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Default, n.:
The hardware's, of course.
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Deja vu:
French., already seen; unoriginal; trite.
Psychol., The illusion of having previously experienced
something actually being encountered for the first time.
Psychol., The illusion of having previously experienced
something actually being encountered for the first time.
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Deliberation, n.:
The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is
buttered on.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Dentist, n.:
A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth, pulls
coins out of one's pockets.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Denver, n.:
A smallish city located just below the `O' in Colorado.
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design, v.:
What you regret not doing later on.
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DeVries' Dilemma:
If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want
hits the paper.
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Dibble's First Law of Sociology:
Some do, some don't.
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Die, v.:
To stop sinning suddenly.
-- Elbert Hubbard
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