Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Bottle-nosed
BOTTLE-NOSED, adj. Having a nose created in the image of its maker.
2009 Update: Of a cetacean species lacking only arms for the making of mischief and, therefore, a food fish.*
bottle-nosed-few thoughts there the drinking end of a long-necked beer bottle as for 'fish food' as the people are minced through the budget grinder there shall be plenty of 'fish food' for bottom feeders oh man hear the grinders now... Peace
9 comments:
I thought bottle-nosed meant you could sniff out a good wine.
And here I thought it meant you got your nose stuck in a bottle.
So, Ambrose is sayin' that God had a big ugly nose? Add that to the things Bierce is burning in hell for.
bottle-nosed writer
I think you made this word up
speak for yourself friend
:-)
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BOTTLE-NOSED, adj. The typical city and suburban driver in these Untied States, so-called because it's a flipper, able and willing to flip people off.
bottle-nosed-few thoughts there
the drinking end
of a
long-necked
beer bottle
as for
'fish food'
as the people
are minced through
the budget grinder
there shall be
plenty of
'fish food'
for
bottom feeders
oh man hear the
grinders now...
Peace
bottle-nosed: the precipice upon which the irish nose is built.
Snouts are handy
It occured to me that " bottle-nosed boys would make a great name for a boy band, or boy blog. Any takers?
I don't know, Nessa. I'm can-nosed.
TLP, I think he meant drunks are bottle-nosed and maybe God made the gullet.
Jim, when I do, it
won't likely be in haiku.
Fifteen syllables?
Flipper was best with the sound off, like driving.
Mrs. Paul's voter sticks, Bear? Can I get them with taxpayer tots?
Sauerkraut, I wouldn't know as mine's more Roman. I suppose built over an amphora.
Especially for the handless, Icy.
Sure, Actonbell. Just leave your empties on an ant hill or a picnic blanket.
Maybe that will be my next blog, Cooper. Cheers!
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