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- Palmistry
- n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw’s classification) of obtaining money by false pretences. It consists in “reading character” in the wrinkles made by closing the hand. The pretence is not altogether false; character can really be read very accurately in this way, for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word “dupe.” The imposture consists in not reading it aloud.
- Pandemonium
- n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer. When disturbed by his voice the ancient echoes clamor appropriate responses most gratifying to his pride of distinction.
- Pantaloons
- n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called “trousers” by the enlightened and “pants” by the unworthy.
- Pantheism
- n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
- Pantomime
- n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.
- paranoid
- describing one with the ability to read thoughts and predict the future.
- Pardon
- v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
- parenthood
- Paris
- a well-lighted, fantastically beautiful pay-toilet, with uncharacteristically unappreciative attendants.
