Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

He laughs best who laughs least.

TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.

Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.

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.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.