Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Damning, with bell, book and candle / Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal. / A rite permitting Satan to enslave him / Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.

Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

Worms'-Meat, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The contents of the Taj Mahal, the Tombeau Napoleon and the Granitarium. Worms'-meat is usually outlasted by the structure that houses it, but "this too must pass away." Probably the silliest work in which a human being can engage is construction of a tomb for himself. The solemn purpose cannot dignify, but only accentuates by contrast the foreknown futility.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.