RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it has to try twice before it can cast a shadow.

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager.

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