SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense."

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Accomplishing	Audible	Capital	Creator
Feat	Feels	Grunt	Human
Intolerabilis	Means	Memory	Parrot
Pignoramus	Pride	Providence	Sense
Setting	Slang	Speech	Thinks
Tongue	Under	Utters	Without

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