Subject: Definitions (Page 18)

Bald: When one has less hair to comb but more face to wash.

Toupée: Top secret.

Experience: What causes a person to make new mistakes instead of the same old ones.

Psychology: The science that tells you what you already know in words you can’t understand.

Diet: The penalty for exceeding the feed limit.

Keepsake: Something given us by someone we’ve forgotten.

Nun: A creature of habit.

Abdicate: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

Courtship: When a fellow gets so wrapped up in a girl that it’s easy to tie the knot.

Abscond: To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

Ultimatum: In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

Neurotic: Sane but unhappy about it.

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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Piano: A parlor utensil for subduing the impertinent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Giraffe: The highest form of animal life.

Absolute Zero: The lowest grade attainable on a test.

Argument: A discussion where two people try to get the last word in first

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

Tricycle: A tot rod.

Great American: What speakers call a man when they can’t think of anything specifically complimentary to say.

Fidelity : A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist