Thursday, September 10, 2009

DEFT DEFINITIONS

A forward from ArunKP
DEFT DEFINITIONS:

Bore:
A person with nothing to say and says it

Flashlight:
A case in which to hold dead batteries

Ignorance:
When you don't know something and someone finds out

Secret:
Something you tell one person at a time

Yawn:
An honest opinion openly expressed

College:
Rest house for the restless

Meal time:
When youngsters sit down to continue eating

Nurse:
A person who wakes you up to give you a sleeping pill

Patience:
The ability to put up with people you would like to put down

Politician:
A man who sacrifices your life for his country

Perseverance:
A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success

Sweater:
A garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly

Happiness:
An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another

Genealogy:
An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to
trace his own

Logic:
The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the
limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding

Abstainer:
A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure

Absurdity:
A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion

Admiration:
Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves

Egotist:
A person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me

Beauty:
The power by which a woman charms a lover an terrifies a husband

Consult:
To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon

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