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

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

War: A by-product of the arts of peace.

Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.

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

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.

R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of "requiescat in pace", attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally meant nothing more than "reductus in pulvis".