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Camel dealer n. entrepreneur, smooth operator. Centaur, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labour had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and who followed the primitive economic maxim, "Every man his own horse." Bierce Chew the qat v. to converse, to talk over; fr. rhyming slang = have a chat. Bunyon. Christian, n. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin. Bierce. Church of Subgenius, The - What
is the Church of Subgenius? Commerce, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E. Bierce. Corsair, n. A politician of the seas. Bierce. CyberJihad - Cyber from cybernetic which means the
comparative study of automatic communication and control in functions
of living bodies and in mechanical electronic systems (such as computers);
Also from the greek kybernetes - steersman and jihad - a holy war, or
a war waged with oneself towards the goal of becoming one with eternal
S’aLLa’K.
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