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sarcasm(?) dictionary

(This is not a complete generalization, but almost ...)



- Individuality - Attributes that define a person, usually supposed to be similar to the attributes of "others".

- 100% chance - Any event whose probability is >50%. In case of >75% probability, it is defined as 110%.

- Interesting person - Any person whose interests are similar to yours.

   Boring person - Any person whose interests are different from yours.

- God - A "tool' necessary to do unethical/ immoral/ evil things with impunity. Also a good way of keping people in your "control".

- Ethics -Good to say about, bad to practice; even the ones preaching it probably won't like you to practice it. Of course it is acceptable, thanks to a recourse found in the above mentioned definition.

-Freedom of expression - Freedom to say what you like to say, as long as it is what the listener wants to hear.

- Creativity - The art of mimicking others with near-perfection.


(incomplete list)

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  1. VISHAL8:21 AM, October 09, 2010

    Good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. MATMANIAC8:52 PM, October 10, 2010

    nice ... add life to the list :)

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  3. Nikesh Rathi10:28 PM, October 10, 2010

    Thanks.

    @ Marathe - Life is an undefined term ... Still, let me try -

    Life - An overrated thing that almost everyone think that they can tell you about, assuming that you will blindly follow their assumptions about life.

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  4. Souvik Gupta10:26 PM, February 22, 2011

    nice one... you cal all these definitions as quotes in your next film.. :)

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