{"id":7860,"date":"2004-09-01T12:20:41","date_gmt":"2004-09-01T10:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/09\/01\/the-foolish-dictionary\/"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"the-foolish-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/09\/01\/the-foolish-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foolish Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/20040901-foolish_dictionary_logo.gif\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaaugh.com\/dictionary\/\">The Foolish Dictionary<\/a> is a large collection of funny descriptions of regular words.  These can be used as email signatures or entertaining things to read or to say.  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