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Unfair animal names:
-- tsetse fly -- bullhead
-- booby -- duck-billed platypus
-- sapsucker -- Clarence
-- Gary Larson
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unfair competition, n.:
Selling cheaper than we do.
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union, n.:
A dues-paying club workers wield to strike management.
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Universe, n.:
The problem.
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University, n.:
Like a software house, except the software's free, and it's usable,
and it works, and if it breaks they'll quickly tell you how to fix
it, and ...
[Okay, okay, I'll leave it in, but I think you're destroying
the credibility of the entire fortune program. Ed.]
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Unnamed Law:
If it happens, it must be possible.
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untold wealth, n.:
What you left out on April 15th.
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User n.:
A programmer who will believe anything you tell him.
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user, n.:
The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot."
-- Dave Barry, "Claw Your Way to the Top"
[I always thought "computer professional" was the phrase hackers used
when they meant "idiot." Ed.]
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vacation, n.:
A two-week binge of rest and relaxation so intense that
it takes another 50 weeks of your restrained workaday
life-style to recuperate.
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