LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem - a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success.

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.