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

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.

In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation.

REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide.

RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.

Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.