Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

ETHNOLOGY, n. The science that treats of the various tribes of Man, as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and ethnologists.

Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.

Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache.

Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.