The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

NEWTONIAN, Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when.

BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters - the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.