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Callous
adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. “What!” said one of his disciples, “you weep at the death of an enemy?” “Ah, ’tis true,” replied the great Stoic; “but you should see me smile at the death of a friend.”
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Calumnus
n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
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Camel
n. A quadruped (the Splaypes humpidorsus) of great value to the show business. There are two kinds of camels — the camel proper and the camel improper. It is the latter that is always exhibited.
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Canada
1. the little known pivotal country on the “Axis of Evil.”
2. whom to blame if you end up with a quarter which your breakroom soda machine will not accept.
3. a former British colony which overfishes, deforests, pollutes, treats Native Americans Shabby with a capital “S,” and has a massive superiority complex; déjà vu.
4. a cheap alternative to Amsterdam.
5. a sort of late-comer to the modern day garden of Eden with a maple leaf substituting for fig and the Tree-of-Self-Congratulation standing in for the Tree-of-Knowledge.
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Canadian
1. a person who takes every chance to brag about his socialized medical care, especially when visiting his standby for-pay doctor in the US for any ailment more serious than corns or a yeast infection.
2. American Lite.
3. a person who takes every chance to remind you that he is not American, or that he is American and you just don’t understand what American means.
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Cannibal
n. A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple tastes and adheres to the natural diet of the pre-pork period.
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cannibal
one who ceremonially ingests the flesh and blood of another human being; a Catholic.
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cannibalism
the ingestion, often ceremonial, of human flesh; considered a shockingly evil crime against mankind in every nation of the world excepting the Vatican.
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Cannon
n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.

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