Sounds like Ambriose Dictionary

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Subject: Fw: Oxford Dictionary - Latest Edition (2003)

Divorce : Future tense of marriage.

Cigarette A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one

end & a fool on the other.

Lecture : An art of transferring information from the notes of

the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing

through the minds of either"

Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number

present.

Compromise : The art of dividing a cake in such a way that

everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

Tears : The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is

defeated by feminine water power...

Dictionary : A place where success comes before work.

Conference Room : A place where everybody talks, nobody listens

and everybody disagrees later on.

Classic : A book which people praise, but do not read.

Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Office : A place where you can relax after your strenuous home

life.

Yawn : The only time some married men ever get to open their

mouth.

Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than

you actually do.

Committee : Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit

to decide that nothing can be done together.

Experience The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb : An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher : A fool who torments himself during life, to be

spoken of when dead.

Diplomat : A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way

that you actually look forward to the trip.

Opportunist : A person who starts taking bath if he

accidentally falls into a river.

Optimist : A person who while falling from Eiffel tower says in

midway "See I am not injured yet."

Miser : A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

Father : A banker provided by nature.

Criminal : A guy no different from the rest....except that he

got caught.

Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you

are early.

Politician : One who shakes your hand before elections and your

confidence after.

Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you

with his bills.