|
THE EARTH
Too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its
eggs in.
[Robert Heinlein]
EASY
A term used by men to describe a woman who has the morals of a man.
[Anon]
ECNALUBMA
A rescue vehicle which can only be seen in the rearview mirror.
[Anon]
EDUCATION
The soul of society, passing from one generation to another.
[G.K.Chesterton]
EEDJIT
See fink
[Anon]
EGOTISM
The anaesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. [Frank
Leahy]
EGOTIST
A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
[Ambrose Bierce]
EGOSURF
To search the web (or other medium) for references to oneself
[Palo Alto]
EIFFELITE
Person who thinks the Eiffel tower leans.
It doesn't (see pisalite).
[Anon]
ELBONICS
The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater
or airplane. [Anon]
ELECTRICITY
The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused
by something else.
[Ambrose Bierce]
ELEPHANT
A mouse built to government specifications.
[Anon]
ELEVERATION
The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button the
sooner it will arrive.
[Anon]
EMOTAG
HTML-derived tag, used to add 'emotional depth' to mere words. <YAWN>See
also emoticon</YAWN>.
[Palo Alto]
EMOTICON
ASCII-drawn symbol, used to add 'emotional depth' to mere words. Common
in usenet and email. See also emotag §;o)
[Palo Alto]
ENEMA
Not a friend [Rural]
ENGLAND
[1] The only country in the world where the food is more dangerous
than the sex. [Jackie Mason, US Comedian]
[2] The paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, anomolies,
hobbies and humours.
[George Santayana]
ENGLISH
A stretch language; one size fits all. [William Safire]
ENGLISHMAN
First Prize winner in the lottery of life.
[Cecil Rhodes]
ENVY
Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.
[Ambrose Bierce]
EPIGRAM
A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by
acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.
[Ambrose Bierce]
EPONYM
Thing named after a person; from Jean-Jacques Eponyme, who invented
the eponym.
[Miles Kington]
ER
The things on your head that you hear with.
[Rural]
ESPLANADE:
To attempt an explanation while drunk.
[Anon]
EULOGY
Praise of one who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or
the consideration to be dead.
[Ambrose Bierce]
EUROMINUTES
Scenes in TV shows cut from US episodes to increase the time available
for commercials. [Palo
Alto]
EUROPE
Where nothing goes and everything matters (see America)
[Philip
Roth]
EUROTRASH
Troll language; contriving to miss the point, then delivering a highly
exaggerated wounded response. Ineffective. [seo2seo]
EVANGELIST
One who assures us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
[Ambrose Bierce]
EVERFLUX
A constant state of low-level changes. [Google]
EVOLUTION
A race to stay in the same place. [Steve
Jones]
EXERCISE
Bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it, if you are sick, you
shouldn't take it.
[Henry Ford]
EXILE
One who serves his country by residing abroad.
[Ambrose Bierce]
EXPECTANT
Casualty who is expected to die.
[U.S.Nam]
EXPERIENCE
[1] The name one give's to one's mistakes.
[Oscar Wilde]
[2] Not what happens to you - but what you do with what happens to
you.
[Aldous Huxley]
EXTRATERRESTAURANT
An eating place where you feel you've been abducted and experimented
upon. [Anon]
EXTRAVAGANCE
Anything you buy that is of no use to your wife.[Franklin
P. Jones]
| 
