POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.

Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.

A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.