The Foolish Dictionary Words starting with R

RELATIONS : A tedious pack of people who haven't the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die.
RELIGION : A cloak used by some persons in this world who will be warm enough without one in the next.
REPARTEE : The sassy habit of talking back.
REPUTATION : A personal possession, frequently not discovered until lost.
RESIDENCE : A rural locality inhabited annually--for a few hours--by a rich New Yorker or Bostonian.

RESOLUTION : A fragile bit of crockery fashioned on the first day of January and usually broken on the second.
RESORT (SUMMER) : A place where the tired grow more tired. From Eng. rest, and Grk. orizo, to limit. A place where rest is limited.
REST : A trade in which every hobo holds a Union Card for life.
RESTAURANT : An institution for the spread of dyspepsia. From Lat. restauro, to repair, and Grk. anti, against. After patronizing, you're "up against repairs."
RHETORIC : Language in a dress suit.

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