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Prison, the penitentiary.

He spent five years in the pen.

by Gumba Gumba February 28, 2004

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Mightier than the sword.

"But don't you see? The pen is mightier than the sword." - Marcus Brody

by Ozzel October 1, 2004

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The Pen Is Mightier

1) "-than the sword"--A phrase meant to imply the superiority of words over violence.
2) A machine for penis enlargement, as alluded to in an episode of celebrity jeopardy, on Saturday Night Live.

1) Well, you know, John, the pen is mightier, as they say!
2) I'll take the penis mightier for five hundred! ... Call it what you want, Trebek, but does it work? Will it really mighty my penis?

by James January 29, 2004

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the pen is mightier than the sword

"The pen is mightier than the sword" means a person can cause people to change their opinions(e.g., to fight a war)and on a large scale whereas a sword can only change a peron's opion by force and then often only results in the person's death.

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America considered the pen to be mightier than the sword, and therefore were able to gain the freedom of America by uniting the colonists.

by Kevin W. Cooley July 14, 2005

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the pen is mightier than the sword

When it comes to governance of human beings, our thoughts, our thinking outweigh violence.

"Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword." Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)

by TeresaKW August 29, 2005

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The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

An idiom that means; those who control information have far more power than those with military force. It is actually a fallacy - Patton himself proved this. The idiom assumes the people are smart to begin with, an assumption that has been proven wrong countless times in history. And whoever said that has obviously never encountered automatic weapons anyway.

Somebody thinking he's smart: I control information! I control the people! The pen is mightier than the sword!

A realist: I control the weapons! Might makes right!

by Volly T February 3, 2012

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