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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A statement containing an incongruity or a logical absurdity, usually unbeknown to the speaker. “With a pistol in each hand and a sword in the other” is an Irish bull.
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- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
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