A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.

ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape as "One day a wag - what would the wretch be at? Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT, And said it was a god's name! . . ."

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.