Archive - Devils Dictionary

A lady of traditional manners and decorum who spares her husband the protracted suffering that ensues in divorce, and spares the children the shame and disorientation of being shuttled between two broken homes.

To be attained by any means at one's disposal, short of actually being respectable.

An immigration success story. Where a second generation Asian immigrant drinks VB, watches the footy, drives an old Commodore or Falcon, eats meat pies, and smokes Winnie Blues just like a dinkum white bogan.

A state characterised by a proclivity towards ranting against racism, while holding the sort of job that is perpetually at risk for being outsourced to India.

If conspiracies are true, then the conspiracists must each day feel blessed that the conspiracy theorist busily obscures their activities with the white noise of paranoia.

When young children knowingly create imaginary friends we call this a delusional behaviour, whereas when adults call their work and business associates friends this is regarded as the apex of normality.

Sort of like a scientist, except he has to think through how things actually work instead of filling in the gaps with politics and poetry.

A returns policy for women who find that their husbands are not meeting their expected earnings targets.

Someone with an atlas and a bottle of whiskey.

A vital and necessary means to relieve the underclass of excess money before they harm themselves with it, lest they spend it on alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, or KFC.