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  1. Un-American, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.
  2. Vote, v. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
  3. Twice, adv. Once too often.
  4. White, adj. and n. Black.
  5. Success, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.
  6. Year, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
  7. Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
  8. Youth, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of e…

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