NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.
Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.
Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss".
DEINOTHERIUM, n. An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was in fashion. The latter was a native of Ireland, its name being pronounced Terry Dactyl or Peter O'Dactyl, as the man pronouncing it may chance to have heard it spoken or seen it printed.