The Satanic Supplement

Cruelty,n. One of the few available means of deriving pleasure from the company of one's fellow beings.

Enjoy,v.t. To endure without visible misery.

Foetor,n. The fragrance of foet.

Indiscretion,n. The worst possible crime, namely the type to which is added the cardinal aggravation of being caught.
A myopic but amorous rake
Found his paramour's bodice was fake.
He peered at her face
And exclaimed, "In that case,
I have made a most dreadful mistake."
Rev. Wibley Beamish

Liberty,n. The enviable state of being oppressed by market forces rather than police forces.

Misanthrope,n. A boor who imagines that just because humanity is not absolutely perfect there is some excuse for going into the specifics of its faults.

Nationality,n. One of the many available excuses for subordinating conscience to expediency.

Rat,n. A rodent which lives wherever man lives, eats whatever man eats, and is treated with the disgust it deserves.

Subtraction,n. Mathematical operation used in counting one's blessings.

Ulvern,n. A mediaeval garment of uncertain but vital purpose.
And thus did hee ryde for hys King, hys ulvern flowynge behynde hym; whereof hee was in ye nexte towne arrystedd for indecynt ysposure.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and North Westminster Advertiser