Subject: Definitions (Page 23)

Kidney: A complex organ used to convert beer into urine.

Abstract Art: The proof that things are not as bad as they are painted to be.

Ignoramus: Someone who doesn’t know something that you learned yesterday.

Maps: The shorthand of geography.

Imagination: What puts men in asylums unless they are crazy enough to put it down on paper or canvas.

Academy Awards: A place where everyone lets off esteem.

Y Chromosome: A line of genes designed for men only.

Rational: Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Teetotaler: One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Self-esteem: An erroneous appraisement.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Bargain Hunter: One who is often led astray by false profits.

Selfish: Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Diagnosis: A physician’s forecast of the disease by the patient’s pulse and purse.

Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once.

Heir Fare: Executor’s fee.

Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.

Mugger: A benevolent citizen of the streets who frequently spares the lives of total strangers in exchange for any cash and valuables in their possession.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

New Zealand writer

Sympathizer: A fellow that’s for you as long as it doesn’t cost anything.

Urinal: The one place where all men are peers.

Accordion: An instrument whose music is long drawn out.