Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.