NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.

Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.

A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread.

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

Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.