Devil's Dictionary

"e;Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen."e; "e;Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law."e; "e;Positive: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."e; These and more than 1,000 other comic definitions appear in Ambrose Bierce's wicked satire of conventional dictionaries. An ideal gift for lovers of language, this classic of American humor features a wealth of quips praised by H. L. Mencken as "e;some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language."e;