The Foolish Dictionary Part 5

See =KERNEL=.

=COMPLIMENT= v. t., From Eng. _con_,--hot air, and Lat. _pleo_, to fill. Hence, to fill with hot air.

=COMPLEXION= Color for the face. From Eng. _complex_, difficult, and _shun_, to avoid. To avoid difficulty, buy it of the druggist.

=COMMENDATION= From Eng. _con_, a josh, and _mend_, to fix up.

Hence, a fixed-up josh.

=CONDUCTOR= From Eng. _coin_, and Lat. _duco_, to command. One who commands the coin.

=CONSCIENCE= The fear of being found out.

=COOK= A charitable inst.i.tution, providing food and shelter for Policemen.

=CORPS= A big bunch of fighters. (Dist. bet. cores found in apples and corps found in arms).

=CORSET= From Fr. _corps_, shape, and _sec_, rough. Rough on the shape.

=COSMETIC= A new face-maker. From Grk. _kosmos_, order, and Eng.

_medic_, or doctor,--ordered by the doctor. (See Complexion.)

=COT= A snooze for one.

=COTILLON= A dance for eight.

=CREDIT= Something for nothing.

=CREDITOR= Something with nothing.

=CREDULITY= A feminine virtue and a masculine vice.

=CREMATION= A means of disposing of the dead likely to become very popular, especially with women who are so fond of having the last retort.

=CRITIC= A wet blanket that soaks everything it touches.

=CROOK= One who exceeds the speed limit in Law & Order Ave. A Misfit in the Straight and Narrow Way.

=CROW= A bird that never complains without caws.

=CULTURE= A degree of mental development that produces tailor-made women, fantastically-sheared poodles and dock tailed horses.

=CUPID= A driver of sharp darts.

=CUPIDITY= A driver of sharp deals.

=CYNIC= A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

All work and no play makes Jack A Dead One.

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Out of fight, out of coin.--_The Pugilist's Plaint_.