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.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Flatter
FLATTER, v.t. To impress another with a sense of one's own merit.
Flatter: Flatter than the dead skunk in the middle of the road. There was a song in the early seventies about that, I suppose you are too young to have heard it.
"Flatter, flatter!" he cried, he was a pancake. ..
TLP, on top of your brilliance, beauty and youthful bonhomie I think it's your humility that amazes me most. You are as humble as 10,000 african villages.
I noticed that, too, Icy, although time reinflates them partway.
Amshirak, I'm putting by a string for your wrist at Raksha Bhandan,
Jim, I'm old enough to have heard any song from the seventies. Old enough to have forgotten it, too.
Indie, and SPIN, n. English.
THere's always flattery, Grapefruit.
Amhsirak, and tourism.
JD, it doesn't get me very far, but I sometimes leave out the l.
Crowded down there lately, isn't it, Amoeba?
Actonbell, apparently. We'll soon know.
Cooper, that's a great definition. And good advice.
Amoeba, I have trouble knowing the difference myself.
ha!
ReplyDeletefirst.
you must all flatter me now.
no yawning allowed!
meow
husze
It's okay to flatter me. I just take it as praise. Lay it on as thick or as thin as you like.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to praise Sauerkraut for being first.
ReplyDelete*I bow* to your superior position.
A cat gets flatter the more it is run over.
ReplyDeleteFlatter- To hope something fake will get you something real
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ReplyDeleteFlatter: Flatter than the dead skunk in the middle of the road. There was a song in the early seventies about that, I suppose you are too young to have heard it.
ReplyDelete"Flatter, flatter!" he cried, he was a pancake.
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Flatter: spin.
ReplyDeleteWow Doug and Amhsirak. What would I do with a brain when there are yours?
ReplyDeleteAriel, just what you do now, create poetry through pictures..
ReplyDeleteFlatter, flatter, flatter...
ReplyDeleteFlattery will get you everywhere!!
:-)
FLAT, adj. [music] Under the pitch. FLATTER: under the bus.
ReplyDeleteI have heard that dead skunk song. I must go find it and use it for something.
ReplyDeleteFlatter, what the color black does to everyone carrying a few extra pounds - covering up the truth with color.
OK, the devil (Cooper?) made me do it.
ReplyDeleteLoudon Wainwright III lives!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuY44PHC0wI
Wow, Sauerkraut, you're always so quick!
ReplyDeleteTLP, on top of your brilliance, beauty and youthful bonhomie I think it's your humility that amazes me most. You are as humble as 10,000 african villages.
I noticed that, too, Icy, although time reinflates them partway.
Amshirak, I'm putting by a string for your wrist at Raksha Bhandan,
Jim, I'm old enough to have heard any song from the seventies. Old enough to have forgotten it, too.
Indie, and SPIN, n. English.
THere's always flattery, Grapefruit.
Amhsirak, and tourism.
JD, it doesn't get me very far, but I sometimes leave out the l.
Crowded down there lately, isn't it, Amoeba?
Actonbell, apparently. We'll soon know.
Cooper, that's a great definition. And good advice.
Amoeba, I have trouble knowing the difference myself.
Flatter: To inflate with flatulence. To inspire.
ReplyDeleteto flatter, v.: spread intuitive wings
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