General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.

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.

Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.

Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.