GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These [quills] when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person called an "author," there results a very fair and accurate transcript of the fowl's thought and feeling.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.

A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.