What Some Words Really Mean

Here's a little list of what I think some words really mean:

ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends
and is now growing in the middle.
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BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye.
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CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people.
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CHICKENS: The only creatures you eat before they are
born and after they are dead.
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COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes
hours.
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DUST: Mud with the juice squeezed out.
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EGOTIST: Someone who is usually me-deep in
conversation.
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GOSSIP: A person who will never tell a lie if the truth
will do more damage.
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HANDKERCHIEF: Cold Storage.
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INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the
paper.
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MOSQUITO: An insect that makes you like flies better.
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RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn.
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SECRET: Something you tell to one person at a time.
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TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction.
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TOMORROW: One of the greatest labor saving
devices of today.
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YAWN: An honest Opinion openly expressed.
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WRINKLES: Something other people have.
You have character lines.

 Today's Reflection:

Knocked, but you weren't in. -Opportunity

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