Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now flung into the teeth of the Episcopalian church by the Neo-Dictionarians.

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.