APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697

Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like.

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called trousers by the enlightened and pants by the unworthy.

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.