Egotism, n. Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
- Ambrose Bierce
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Swedish author, dramatist, director, comedian etc. Hans Alfredson once said that the brain is an organ with which we think (tänker) that we think. The Swedish word used here does not mean "believe": it means "cogitate".
Testimony from military investigators in the trial of 4 US soldiers on trial in a military court for the rape and murder of a 14 year old Iraqi girl.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
- Ambrose Bierce
# Diary, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.
- Ambrose Bierce
Attribution of that quote to Bierce is erroneous, since he published The Devil's Dictionary in 1906 and the first crossword is dated 1913. Bierce probably died in Mexico in 1914 (no one knows for sure). Furthermore, the NY Times was one of the last newspapers to adopt the crossword, never publishing one until 1942, according to Wikipedia.
Also, I think the definition better fits "optimism."