{"id":6,"date":"2025-09-29T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bierceism.org\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:58:09","slug":"bierceism-is","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bierceism.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Bierceism, n: The practice of expressing oneself lexicographically."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6\" class=\"elementor elementor-6\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a2a38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17a2a38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e1b8b e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10e1b8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e57fb9 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e57fb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bierceism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Collected_Works_-_Volume_01_-_Ambrose_Bierce_in_1896-1-174x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-111\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bierceism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Collected_Works_-_Volume_01_-_Ambrose_Bierce_in_1896-1-174x300.png 174w, https:\/\/bierceism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Collected_Works_-_Volume_01_-_Ambrose_Bierce_in_1896-1.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dbfce8 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dbfce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce<\/b> (June 24, 1842 \u2013 <abbr title=\"circa\">c.<\/abbr>\u20091914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. 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