Reading a bit more of Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary. He is horribly cynical but also sometimes wickedly funny. Bierce was a cynical journalist and Civil War hero who sadly had two of his three children basically commit suicide and divorced his wife.
Here are three entries. “Troglodyte, n. Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period…” “Truce, n. Friendship.” and “Truthful, adj. Dumb and illiterate.”
Well, some of my past friendships seem like basically truces. People move on in their lives, and you sometimes just have to be at peace with them. As far as his entry for truth, I have heard it said that language developed as much to deceive people as to accurately communicate with them. I don’t think language matters much in romantic or friendly relations, as long as people love each other.