ORIGINALITY. The gift some people have of saying the bright things which we intended to think about later on.
OSLER. A modern abbreviation of chloroform. An up to date bogie man invented for the purpose of chasing "has-beens" to the woods.
OSLERESQUE. The state of being ready for Oslerizing. See any man over forty.
OSLERISM. The art of picking out a fit subject for the Osler treatment. "You can lead an old man into a drugstore but you can't make him drink chloroform." (Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy, page 19.)
OSLERIZE. To pour chloroform over an old man's breakfast food and telephone for the undertaker.
OSLERITIS. An attack of hysteria which broke out at a banquet and became epidemic in the newspapers.
OSLEROOZA. A man who believes in Oslerism. He is generally a young man in love with a girl whose Papa is over forty and who wears No. 11 shoes of a high voltage.
OSLERETTA. A young woman who believes in Oslerism. She is the same girl whose Papa has just been mentioned.