Sources for The Absolutely Useless Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary - by Ambrose Bierce
A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Ambrose Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth.
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The Cynic's Dictionary - by Rick Bayan
A curmudgeon after Ambrose Bierce's heart, Rick Bayan has composed his own witty response to the car phone generation, with more than 900 entries from Abnormal to Zzzzzz.
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Daffy Definitions - by Joseph Rosenbloom
Almost 2000 hilarious and horrible definitions in the daffiest, dizziest dictionary ever!
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The Deeper Meaning of Liff - by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd
In Life there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no word exists. On the other hand, the world is littered with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places. Our job, as we see it, is to get these words down off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they can start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society. ~ Douglas Adams, John Lloyd, Malibu, 1982.
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Golfing Dictionary - by Henry Beard and Roy McKie
A book meant to make golfing aficionados chuckle with humorous definitions by Henry Beard. McKie's drawings provide an energetic accompaniment to the text.
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A Helpful Glossary of Musical Borgefinitions
Is a Chapter in Victor Borge's hilarious book "My Favorite Comedies in Music"
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The Marriage Dictionary - by Tom Carey
Hilarious definitions of hundreds of wedding words in a way that Funk and Wagnell never could or would!
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The Devil's Dictionary - by Ambrose Bierce A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Ambrose Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth. Buy A Copy
	The Cynic's Dictionary - by Rick Bayan A curmudgeon after Ambrose Bierce's heart, Rick Bayan has composed his own witty response to the car phone generation, with more than 900 entries from Abnormal to Zzzzzz. Buy A Copy
Daffy Definitions - by Joseph Rosenbloom Almost 2000 hilarious and horrible definitions in the daffiest, dizziest dictionary ever! Buy A Copy
	The Deeper Meaning of Liff - by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd In Life there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no word exists. On the other hand, the world is littered with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places. Our job, as we see it, is to get these words down off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they can start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society. ~ Douglas Adams, John Lloyd, Malibu, 1982. Buy A Copy
Golfing Dictionary - by Henry Beard and Roy McKie A book meant to make golfing aficionados chuckle with humorous definitions by Henry Beard. McKie's drawings provide an energetic accompaniment to the text. Buy A Copy
	A Helpful Glossary of Musical Borgefinitions Is a Chapter in Victor Borge's hilarious book "My Favorite Comedies in Music" Buy A Copy
The Marriage Dictionary - by Tom Carey Hilarious definitions of hundreds of wedding words in a way that Funk and Wagnell never could or would! Buy A Copy