PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.

OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?

To seek a justification for a decision already made.

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection.