Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

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

Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.

PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?