REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.

TRUCE, n. Friendship.

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

PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called trousers by the enlightened and pants by the unworthy.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.