EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.

MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

The god of the world's leading religion.

Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

MOUSE, n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women.

IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.