#The Devil&039;s Dictionary

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Review: The Devil's Dictionary by Steven Kotler

Author: Steven KotlerPublisher: St. Martin’s PressReleased: April 19, 2022Received: NetGalley I’ve been picking up a lot of authors that I’ve never read before, so why not keep the trend going? The Devil’s Dictionary, written by Steven Kotler, is the first I’ve read by this author – though I can already tell that I enjoy his style. Many experts have theorized that humanity will fracture…

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Definition of the Day 12-25-14 — Adore ADORE, v.t. To venerate expectantly. --Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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An illustrated Devil's Dictionary (Book acquired, 14 April 2017)

An illustrated Devil’s Dictionary (Book acquired, 14 April 2017)

I couldn’t pass up this 1958 illustrated edition of Ambrose Bierce’s caustic classic The Devil’s Dictionary. It’s published by The Peter Pauper Press, with art by Joseph Low. I took the matching dust jacket off for the scan above. A sample of the innards:

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Ambrose Bierce and Politicians

Ambrose Bierce and Politicians

In case you’re not familiar with Ambrose Bierce, here’s a brief entry explaining who he is/was. The Devil’s Dictionary is likely his most famous work. If you like snark, you’ll enjoy browsing through it. Below is his definition of a politician. Bierce, Ambrose |bi(ə)rs| (1842– c.1914), US writer, best known for his sardonic short stories that include “An Occurrence at Owk Creek Bridge” (1891) and…

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“GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.” Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

I was looking for some information and came across a video of a paranormal investigation at a place we are very familiar with… Avebury. It centred on the old Red Lion pub, reputed to be haunted by a whole host of ghostly presences; from the shade of Florrie, thrown down the well in what is now the…

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What Is The Origin Of (273)?...

What Is The Origin Of (273)?...the devil to pay

The devil to pay

One of the intriguing things about etymological researches is how many who engage in this rather dry but enlightening pursuit seem desperate to find an origin to a phrase which is other than what might be termed the bleedin’ obvious. Take the devil to pay, for instance, which signifies that there will be serious trouble if something happens. Why shouldn’t the devil in the…

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The Devil's Dictionary: "Egotist"

The Devil’s Dictionary: “Egotist”

A young Ambrose Bierce In our continuing quest to revisit a classic, or even a curiosity from the past and see how relevant it is, we continue with The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. Originally published in newspaper installments from 1881 until 1906. You might be surprised how current many of the entries are. For example, here is a definition for the word Egotist. The Old definitions are…

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil’s Dictionary

Today we are going to dabble in The Devil’s Dictionary. 

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The first English dictionary is commonly thought to be compiled in 1755 by Dr Samuel Johnson of Blackadder fame. But that’s not really true. There were plenty of dictionaries before him. The most accurate guess at the earliest English language dictionary was one written by Robert Cawdrey in 1604…

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Recent Reading! (or, very quick book reviews)

Recent Reading! (or, very quick book reviews)

So I’ve been slacking a little on the ‘Quick Book Review’ posts for a while, so I thought I’d put a post together with quick thoughts on the books I have been reading over the past few months (I will shortly post an update to my ‘To Read List’ as well). So here we are with an overview of my recent reading material: Pompeii (Robert Harris): I’ve always been fascinated and intrigued by the eruption…

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Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary

Dog, a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world’s worship. This Divine Being in one of his smaller and silkier incarnations takes, in the affection of Woman, the place to which there is no male aspirant. The  Dog is a survival-an anachronism. He toils not, neither does he spin, yet Solomon in all his glory never lay upon  a doormat all day…

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Top 10 Books of Literature - Stories & Works (Part 2)

Top 10 Books of Literature – Stories & Works (Part 2)

  TOP 10 BOOKS OF LITERATURE – STORIES & WORKS (PART 2)   Continuing to count down my Top 10 Stories & Works of Literature – for those stories that are shorter than novels, as well as literary essays or works that aren’t readily categorized as either, which have changed or shaped the way I see the world.     (5) P.J. O’ROURKE – THE BACHELOR’S HOME COMPANION (1986)   “Bachelors know all about…

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Definition of the Day 7-3-20 -- Mt. Rushmore

Definition of the Day 7-3-20 — Mt. Rushmore

MOUNT RUSHMORE, n. An aesthetic disaster in South Dakota. A desecrated mountain bearing the likenesses of four dead politicians chiseled into its flanks–in other words, graffiti tagging taken to its logical extreme. Every year, this unnatural wonder is reverently viewed by hundreds of thousands of camera-toting, polyester-clad Americans, a people who cherish kitsch ugliness as they do the…

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Politics-Prejudice (Ambrose Bierce) From Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary.  Originally published in 1906; the image is from The Peter Pauper Press’s 1958 illustrated edition, with art by Joseph Low

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Some Thoughts on History

Some Thoughts on History

Enjoy (or not) these musings by famous people on the topic of history:

HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.                 — Ambrose Bierce, from The Devil’s Dictionary

History is a set of lies agreed upon.     —Napoleon Bonaparte

History is bunk.  —Henry Ford

We learn from history that we do not…

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Weird world “GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.” Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce I was looking for some information and came across a video of a paranormal investigation at a place we are very familiar with… Avebury.

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Weird world “GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.” Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce I was looking for some information and came across a video of a paranormal investigation at a place we are very familiar with… Avebury.