Mattie (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} poormattie) wrote,@ 2004-06-28 08:38:00 |
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WordContest 2004.06.24 (Results)
Below are the winning definitions from the devilish definition contest in honor of Ambrose Bierce.
All the entries I had were quite funny, but I've narrowed it to my favorites.
All of the suggestions for "credit card" were great, and I'll let you vote for the one you like:
Below are the winning definitions from the devilish definition contest in honor of Ambrose Bierce.
All the entries I had were quite funny, but I've narrowed it to my favorites.
- weblog (n.):
- A device used by the jejune to record the picayune. [by
alarmist] - terrorism (n.):
- Violence, or the threat of violence, against the incumbent. [by
jorend] - NASA (n.):
- A government agency dedicated to going in circles and staring into space, distinguished from other government agencies by the letters "NASA" in its name. [by
jorend] - reboot (v.):
- A panacea hawked by snake-oil salesmen as a sure-fire cure for whatever ails our computers (and thus, ourselves). [by
alarmist]
All of the suggestions for "credit card" were great, and I'll let you vote for the one you like:
- credit card (n.):
- An instrument similar to a cornucopia, but with consequences.
- credit card (n.):
- The ticket used by the holy to get into heaven. This is done by swiping the credit card through a "credit card machine" at your local church many many times, until the church has decided that you are holy enough to get into heaven.
- credit card (n.):
- A pocket-sized debt collector used by companies to make money off of your desire for convenience.
- credit card (n.):
- An item of great interest.
- credit card (n.):
- The result of thousands of years of time and effort spent trying to find ways to defeat the Law of Conservation.
