Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.

Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that they themselves are sane.