Junto Boys

I just ran across John Derbyshire's Devil's Dictionary. Here are some fun examples.

Arab street, the, n. The cab driver who took your correspondent from Amman airport to the Hilton Hotel.

controversial, adj. (Applied to a nominee for any cabinet or judicial position requiring congressional approval.) Conservative.

discrimination, n. Formerly known as “freedom of association.”

gun lobbies, n. People opposed to the idea that the only armed civilians should be bank robbers.

inappropriate, adj. True, but unmentionable for political reasons.

judiciary, n. A body of citizens charged with making those laws that Congress has omitted to make.

simplistic, adj. Predicated on the belief, or apparent belief, that good and evil differ from each other in some fashion.

social change, n. Higher taxes to sustain more government employees.

warmonger, n. A person who wishes ill to his country’s enemies.