A satirical dictionary written by American journalist and author Ambrose Bierce (1842-ca.1914), a man whose savage wit apparently earned him the nickname “Bitter Bierce”. The targets for Bierce’s mockery are wide-ranging: from lawyers (“one skilled in circumvention of the law”) to the institution of marriage (“a household consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two”).
Read more: http://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/the-cynics-word-book-1906
No comments:
Post a Comment