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Occident n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians - a powerful sub-tribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call "war" and "commerce". These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient. Bierce. Omen n. A sign that something will happen if nothing happens. Bierce. Ottoman Welcome - Violent act of buggery committed
on straying ingenue. (From the eye-watering desserts of T.E. Lawrence).
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