MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.

PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.

NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon.

IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.

MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.