Dictionary: a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.

Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.