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  • 1Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language — Saul Kripke s Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is the most influential and widely discussed interpretation of Wittgenstein s Philosophical Investigations . [Stern, David. Wittgenstein s Philosophical Investigations: an introduction , p …

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  • 2Raillery — Rail ler*y (r[a^]l l[ e]r*[y^] or r[=a]l ; 277), n. [F. raillerie, fr. railler. See {Rail} to scoff.] Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. [1913 Webster] Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson.… …

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  • 3raillery — n. Banter, irony, slight ridicule, good humored satire, pleasantry, joke, satirical merriment, jesting language …

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  • 4A Game at Chess — is a comic satirical play by Thomas Middleton, first staged in August 1624 by the King s Men at the Globe Theatre, notable for its political content. The playThe drama seems to be about a chess match, and even contains a genuine chess opening:… …

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  • 5Celts — Celt redirects here. For other uses, see Celt (disambiguation). This article is about the ancient peoples of Europe. For Celts of the present day, see Celts (modern). Diachronic distribution of Celtic peoples …

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  • 6Mondegreen — A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. It most commonly is applied to a line in a poem or a lyric in a song.[1][2] American writer Sylvia Wright coined… …

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  • 7PostScript fonts — are outline font specifications developed by Adobe Systems for professional digital typesetting, which uses PostScript file format to encode font information. Contents 1 History 2 Technology 3 Font type …

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  • 8PARODY, HEBREW — Parody in Early Hebrew Literature Parody is the use of a recognizable literary form as a vehicle to ridicule or mock something or someone. The writer takes a well known, serious work as his model and invests it with new and amusing contents, at… …

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  • 9Homo Ludens (Book) — {|infobox Book name = HOMO LUDENS, a study of the play element in culture author = Johan Huizinga cover artist = Peter Bruegel the Elder country = language = English genre = publisher = Beacon Press, Boston release date = 1955 media type = Print… …

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  • 10jordan — /jawr dn/, n. Brit. Dial. See chamber pot. [1350 1400; ME jurdan urinal, perh. after JORDAN, the river, by coarse jesting] * * * Jordan Introduction Jordan Background: For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946 …

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