The Devil’s Dictionary daily definitions2013-05-03T02:52:00ZAmbrose G. Biercehttp://dd.pangyre.org/http://dd.pangyre.org/dd.atomForefingerhttp://dd.pangyre.org/f/forefinger.html2013-05-02T19:52:00Z2013-05-03T02:52:00Z<p><i>n.</i> The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.</p> Emancipationhttp://dd.pangyre.org/e/emancipation.html2013-05-02T19:52:00Z2013-05-03T02:52:00Z<p><i>n.</i> A bondman’s change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself.</p><p style="white-space: pre; margin-left: 2em;"> He was a slave: at word he went and came;
His iron collar cut him to the bone.
Then <a href="http://dd.pangyre.org/l/liberty.html">Liberty</a> erased his owner’s name,
Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own.</p><p style="text-align:right; padding-right: 30%">G.J.</p> Egotisthttp://dd.pangyre.org/e/egotist.html2013-05-02T19:52:00Z2013-05-03T02:52:00Z<p><i>n.</i> A person of low taste, <a href="http://dd.pangyre.org/m/more.html">more</a> interested in himself than in me.</p><p style="white-space: pre; margin-left: 2em;"> Megaceph, chosen to serve the State
In the halls of legislative debate,
One <a href="http://dd.pangyre.org/d/day.html">day</a> with all his credentials came
To the capitol’s door and announced his name.
The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist
Of the face, at the eminent egotist,
And said: “Go away, for we settle here
All manner of questions, knotty and queer,
And we cannot have, when the speaker demands
To be told how every member stands,
A <a href="http://dd.pangyre.org/m/man.html">man</a> who to all things under the sky
Assents by eternally voting ‘I’.”</p> Nepotismhttp://dd.pangyre.org/n/nepotism.html2013-05-02T19:52:00Z2013-05-03T02:52:00Z<p><i>n.</i> Appointing your grandmother to office for the <a href="http://dd.pangyre.org/g/good.html">good</a> of the party.</p>