Subject: Definitions

Definitions:

Humorous definitions, often through the use of puns or wordplay

Good Neighbor: One who doesn’t borrow his garden hose back too often.

Buffet: A French word that means “get up and get it yourself.”

American humorist & public speaker

Congress: A place where there are too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen – and not enough U.S. Congressmen.

Educated Man: One who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answers.

Whoa!: A brake for horses.

Karma: Justice without the feeling of satisfaction.

Zeal: A nervous disorder affecting the young and inexperienced.

Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Hangover: The moaning after the night before.

Poise: The act of raising the eyebrows instead of the roof.

Alimony: The sum of money a man is commanded to pay his ex-wife in exchange for the pleasure of having her live under a separate roof.

Inch: Unit of measure whose length is consistently underestimated by men.

Kiss: A course of procedure, cunningly devised, for the mutual stoppage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.

Ideologue: Typically an obscure humorless zealot who finds fulfillment by spouting the ideas of famous humorless zealots.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Dance: The action of moving rhythmically to music with a partner, a skill which a woman possesses naturally, but which a man acquires only for the short time in his young adulthood when he wishes to meet and impress young women, and abandons thereafter due to mysterious knee injuries.

Diet Planner: A fast talker.

Selfishness: Annoying quality of someone who has what I want, but is not prepared to give it to me.

Disc Jockey: A guy who lives on spins and needles.

Electrocardiograph: Ticker tape.

Fettuccine Alfredo: Macaroni and cheese for adults.

Donuts: The only non-negotiable element to a successful meeting.