THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

Ambrose Bierce

N - O

 

Neighgor - One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient. 

Noise - The chief product  and authenticating sign of civilization

Nonchalance - The ability to look like an owl when you have behaved like an ass

 

Occasional - Afflicting us with greater or lesser  frequency

Ocean - A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills

Once - Enough

Opportunity - A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Oratory - A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding

Otherwise - No better

Outdo - To make an enemy

Out-of-doors - The part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes

Overeat - To dine