PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager

RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition.

RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.