The Devil's Dictionary 2.0

August 25, 2003 11:13 AM

The Devil's Dictionary 2.0 — Bitter Bierce, beware. For reference, review release 1.0.
posted by pedantic (10 comments total)

I ? Greg.
posted by solistrato at 11:49 AM on August 25, 2003

Greg Knauss is a great writer. I recommend reading An Entirely Other Day, now only available in the Wayback Archive.
posted by waxpancake at 11:50 AM on August 25, 2003

Hey, my heart special character didn't take! Now it seems like I question Greg!
posted by solistrato at 11:51 AM on August 25, 2003

I can only see one definition, what's wrong? Must be the devil's handiwork!
posted by billsaysthis at 11:56 AM on August 25, 2003

billsaythis: check the archives.
posted by arco at 12:07 PM on August 25, 2003

I like this one from the 1.0 version:

DICTIONARY, n.
A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.
posted by gwint at 12:09 PM on August 25, 2003

Much of Greg's EOD is available in print as well.
posted by pedantic at 12:42 PM on August 25, 2003

those are some spooky *developer terms you got there
posted by Satapher at 1:13 PM on August 25, 2003

Some of the entries are cute, in a sort of annoyed geek, "My [spec|language|OS] is bigger," kind of way, but they're a far cry from the, well, devilish wit of A.B.

Is this the same guy who wrote a parody of blogarati writing styles a little while back? It sounds like it.
posted by Ayn Marx at 4:17 PM on August 25, 2003

Greg is a fantastic writer, and eod is/was indeed superb.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:48 PM on August 25, 2003