RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.

Dance, v.i. To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms about your neighbor's wife or daughter. There are many kinds of dances, but all those requiring the participation of the two sexes have two characteristics in common: they are conspicuously innocent, and warmly loved by the vicious.

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

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there.