![]() ![]() A force alleged to control affairs, principally quoted by erring human beings to excuse their failures.ĭiary, n. A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it.ĭestiny, n. This article appears in the Summer 2021 issue of Alta Journal. One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs. “Pauillac, 1873,” he murmured and died.Ĭoward, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.Īn old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured upon his lips to revive him. A loan that bears interest.Ĭonnoisseur, n. A scoundrel who desires that which we desire.Ĭompliment, n. To make payment for confidence.Ĭompetitor, n. The word is one of the numerous aliases under which the poet seeks to veil his identity and escape opprobrium.īetray, v.t. To lay the foundation for a future offence.īard, n. Select entries from Ambrose Bierce’s lexicon of cynicism, bitterness, and humor, produced over a 30-year period beginning in 1881.Īpologize, v.i. ![]()
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