Extracts from the Cynic’s Wordbook — Part VIII — the letter D

See pre­vi­ously entered let­ters C, J, K, M &c. here. Dad - noun A father whom his vulgar chil­dren do not re­spect. Dandy - noun One who pro­fesses a sin­gu­larity of opinion with re­gard to his own merits, ac­cen­tu­ating his ec­cent­ri­city with his clothes. Day - noun A period of twenty-four hours, mostly mis­spent. Decide - verb To suc­cumb to the pre­pon­der­ance of one set […]

Extracts from the Cynic’s Wordbook – Part VIII – the letter D

See pre­vi­ously entered let­ters C, J, K, M &c. here. Dad — noun A father whom his vulgar chil­dren do not re­spect. Dandy — noun One who pro­fesses a sin­gu­larity of opinion with re­gard to his own merits, ac­cen­tu­ating his ec­cent­ri­city with his clothes. Day — noun A period of twenty-four hours, mostly mis­spent. Decide — verb To suc­cumb to […]

Extracts from the Cynic’s Wordbook — Part VII — the letter S

Also see let­ters P, M, K, C, J and R. Sabbath - noun An un­known quantity in San Francisco so­cial life. Sacerdotalist - noun One who holds the be­lief that a cler­gyman is a priest. Sacred - noun Dedicated to some re­li­gious pur­pose; having a di­vine char­acter; as the Dalai Lama of Tibet; the Moogum of M’bwango; the Cow in India; the hair of the dog that bit […]

Extracts from the Cynic’s Wordbook — Part VI — the letter R

Previous entries: P, M, K, C, J. Notice I have listed double the number of ex­tracts under this letter. This is simply be­cause these are some of the finest in the whole book by Bierce. A little bonus for you to chew and oc­ca­sion­ally swallow and di­gest. Read on: Recruit - noun A person dis­tin­guish­able from a ci­vilian by his uniform […]

Extracts from the Cynic’s Wordbook — Part V — the letter J

You have been with me through entries under the let­ters P, M, K, and C. Today, we shall read through J. J - is a con­sonant in English, but some na­tions use it as a vowel–than which nothing could be more ab­surd. Its ori­ginal form, which has been but slightly mod­i­fied, was that of the tail of a sub­dued dog, and it […]

Extracts from the Cynic’s Wordbook — Part IV — the letter C

Today is the day of the letter C. ’nuff said. Or maybe, ’nuff seen. Whatever that means. We’ve read through P, M and K. Read on. Cabbage - noun A fa­miliar kitchen-garden ve­get­able about as large and wise as a man’s head. Calamity - noun A more than com­monly plain and un­mis­tak­able re­minder that the af­fairs of this life are not […]

Extracts from the Cynic’s Wordbook — Part III — the letter K

~ Pour elle.~ This is the third letter we are coming to this month, the letter K. We have already seen P and M be­fore and have no doubt en­joyed them im­mensely. Today, we shall see what Bierce has to offer us for the letter K. Kangaroo — noun An un­con­ven­tional kind of an­imal which […]

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