DEVIL’S DICTIONARY - SUMMER 2013 SATIRISTS
Love of Learning- a Collegiate student’s love of cyclically memorizing and regurgitating information for grades and then forgetting it entirely.
Instagram- a social networking site that promotes the world’s most thoughtful photographers: teenage girls.
Shoulders- a part of the body that should always be covered for fear of disturbing the learning environment because of their indecency.
Triangle- an instrument for the “sub-par” musician.
Grades- a scale used to discover what type of mood your parents will be in when you get home.
Computer- machines whose sole purpose is to cause distractions.
Dominion Power: A multi-million dollar organization completely disabled by a slight breeze.
Twitter: The impending downfall of many politicians.
The Bachelorette- The reality show where the female lead “looking for love” (or attention) never fails to cry within the first five minutes.
Facebook- An excuse to take pictures of yourself with your friends, no matter where you are so that you can show everyone how social you are.
SparkNotes- a diabolical website that you are NEVER allowed to even look at.
Soccer- n., a real sport where the goal of the participants is to make it as fake as possible.
Pro Wrestling-n., a fake sport where the goal of the participants is to make it as real as possible
Internet-n., Al Gore’s greatest contribution to America
Apple-n., formerly a fruit, now a company with way too much money
Trail of Tears-n., in the eyes of the people, a blatant violation of the rights of Native
Americans: in the eyes of the government, their greatest achievement
Milk-n., what gives farmers the right to molest cows
Die-v., to be blown to smithereens by a drone
BuzzFeed-n., one of the three reliable news sources
The Colbert Report and The Daily Show- n., the only other two reliable news sources
God- a less controversial version of surveillance.
Cars-in the eyes of a dog, an adventure box.
Satire- a class in which one cannot know whether or not the teacher is serious or satirizing the topic at hand, making the class and information unreliable and useless.
Water Country USA- a more fun and exciting way to go to the bathroom.
Busch Gardens- a more luxurious and culturally diverse version of King’s Dominion.
King’s Dominion- a more fun and exciting way to throw up
Reading- *see below*
Success- you did it!