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  • 111Snipe hunt — Common snipe A snipe hunt, a form of wild goose chase that is also known as a fool s errand, is a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. The origin …

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  • 112pataphysics —    by Gary Genosko   Baudrillard discovered pataphysics through the influence of his schoolteacher. The neo science of imaginary solutions was created by French playwright Alfred Jarry (1873 1907) and expounded by his characters Père Ubu and… …

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  • 113comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …

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