Conservative: One who is opposed to the things he is in favor of.
Compliment: A sarcastic remark with a flavor of truth or not, as the case may be.
Console: To stab one in pain with the bare bodkin of pity.
Contradiction: 1. Two lies disputing the roadway. 2. A head-on collision in which two trains of thought telescope each other.
Coquetry: 1. An eye-shade worn by lubricity. 2. The colored glasses of The-Thing-Itself. 3. The death-tumbrel that Passion builds for its dreams.