Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.

Why try to untie a knot with your teeth if you can do it with your hands?

PICKANINNY, n. The young of the _Procyanthropos_, or _Americanus dominans_. It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.