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Shortest Books in the World

books that are really short because they don't have much, if any material.
Books written about, or not capable of being written about, oxymoronic subjects.
Titles often reveal deep-seated prejudices, or sometimes just plain silliness.
Here are prime examples of the Shortest Books in the World:
Italian War Heroes
German Humor
Polish Culture
Mexican Sanitation
Canadian Confidence
English Cuisine
Belgian Relevance
Blacks I have met while yachting
Ponzi Schemes Not by Jews
French Heroes
Swiss Menschen
Fun Politically Correct People
Practicing Responsible Sexuality for African Americans
Rational Democrats
Compassionate Republicans
Catching Jumbo Shrimp
A History of Military Intelligence

on the same page, but in different books! 

when you know that everything is good with someone/something, but there is still this thing!
said when you are in a situation where you know that something is missing or wrong, but cant quite point out what it is.
John: she said that she knew she loves me, but that there was something missing.
Chris: dude, apparently you guys are "on the same page, but in different books!"

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026