DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

I think I think, therefore I think I am.

Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests.

POVERTY, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.

Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.

ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.