Subject: Definitions (Page 24)

Ache: Joint concern.

Slang: Language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work.

Zoo: A place of refuge where wild animals are protected from people.

Inflation: When nobody has enough money because everybody has too much.

Char: Common method of cooking over a campfire.

Yankee: The same as a quickie, but you can do it by yourself.

Nice Girl: One who whispers sweet nothing-doings in your ear.

Celebrity: A person whose name is in everything but the telephone book.

Toupée: Top secret.

A man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

Barber: A brilliant conversationalist who cuts hair for a sideline.

Counterfeiter: A guy who gets into trouble by following a good example.

Cabinet Maker: Counter fitter.

Chef: Any cook who swears in French.

Parents: People who bear infants, bore teenagers, and board newlyweds.

Diaper: A bum wrap.

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

Makeup: Lipstick, eyeliner, blush which ironically makes Mom look better while making her young daughter look “like a tramp.”

Ingrate: A man who bites the hand that feeds him, and then complains of indigestion.

Rear: In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?

(1965 – ) English comedian, musician, actor & author