RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.

PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. . . . not be confused with that of foreordination. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore.

A chop is a piece of leather skillfully attached to a bone and administered to the patients at restaurants.

TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.