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Verbotomist's Delight
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DEFINITION: n. The inability to find, organize, or keep track of, simple physical objects. Often occurs when an individual has developed a search-engine dependency. v. To search for something that should be easy to find.
DEFINITION: To assert your right-of-way in traffic, even when it's stupidly dangerous to do so.
DEFINITION: v. To have a big fight over nothing, that is really a fight about money. n. An argument about money
DEFINITION: v. To collect all the emotional energy you receive from one person, and then share it with the very next person you meet. n. Emotional transference.
DEFINITION: A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year -- often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions.
DEFINITION: To ask someone to look at one thing, when you really want them to look at another thing, which is better left unspecified.
DEFINITION: The happy period in a marriage, which occurs once the husband has been fully domesticated.
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