Related:

• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory.
  The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot....
• PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons.
  Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer....
• PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...