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Revenge is a dish best served cold

An old, widely used phrase expressing the sentiment that revenge that is delayed, and executed well after the heat of anger has dissipated, is more satisfying than revenge taken as an immediate act of rage.

It has been frequently been claimed on the Internet to have originated in the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. In truth, however, there are two problems with the widely circulated quotation from that book. The first is that the phrase does not appear in the novel, or anything else that de Lacois wrote. The second problem is that the French quotation used as proof is linguistically erroneous; de Lacois would never have written the words attributed to him. Thus it bears all the hallmarks of an Internet "fact" for which someone invented an authentication that seemed plausible, knowing that it would rarely be verified.

The phrase has been in use since at least the 19th century, and at least one author's use of it back then expressed to the reader that it was an already existing dictum.

Of course, how long ago it came into being in the Klingon Empire would be an interesting subject for xenolinguistic research.
"Kirk, old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb, 'Revenge is a dish best served cold'?"
– Khan Noonien Singh in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"
by AkaSlasher July 18, 2015
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Jersey Swerve

Cutting another vehicle off by swerving directly in front of them for the purpose of changing multiple lanes or taking an exit. Place of origin: New Jersey.
Dude: "I was driving down the middle lane of the Garden State Parkway when I realized the exit was coming up, so I had to pull a Jersey Swerve on some old guy and took the exit ramp at 60 miles an hour."

Old Guy: "What the hell, that dude just pulled a Jersey Swerve on my ass. I'm going to call the state troopers on him."
by Palmerstone May 8, 2008
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Christian Minecraft Server

The holiest of all Minecraft servers in which there shall be no swearing.
Kyle: Frick u
Chad: no swearing on my christian Minecraft server bro
by crustycrocs September 2, 2019
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Sandusky Soft-Serve

Much like the Cleveland Steamer, this act involves depositing fecal matter on another human being. The direct act of San Dusky Soft Serve is as follows: You want to break up with somebody, you wait till they're asleep. Then, you open their mouth and take a nice ice cream soft serve type shit right in it. Punch them in the head to wake them up then flee the scene.
Jimmy hated Miss.Bojingles, so he decided to leave her with a Sandusky Soft-Serve as a parting gift.
by Willsyss October 13, 2006
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Perve Swerve

Deviating one's course to acquire a better view of, or opportunity to interact with a target.
"I had to perve swerve about 90 degrees to get a better angle on that junk."
by Walter F Hillis July 7, 2015
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joint serve

An expression that you make when you and somebody else did something, and it was a serve.

The beauty of it is that it doesn't even have to be a serve.
"damn my GPA is literally 2.5"

"yeah i have a 2.2"

"our joint serve"
by TigerTerp April 28, 2021
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Dedicated server

A dedicated server is a computer that only runs one type of server software, and is usually constructed according to the user's specifications. Dedicated servers are typically used for web sites that have high traffic, and need many resources and much processing power.
Man, my site needs to get a dedicated server!
by Jak Dude May 6, 2005
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