Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager

FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit.

Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral.

When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg "pate".