The Satanic Supplement

Blight,n. A type of rot afflicting both vegetation and conurbation. Coincidentally, natives abroad use Blighty as an affectionate term for England.

Deferment,n. Procrastination with official approval.

Easy,adj.(Journalese) Any satirical target which deserves the criticism it receives and hence, for the sake of artistic purity, ought to be left to continue its abuses in peace.

Forbearance,n. The soil in which human relationships are rooted, and where the grubs of resentment are enabled to gnaw their fill, mature, and breed.

Humility,n. A quality much prized among those pious souls who believe themselves created in the image of a conscious power which made the entire universe, shares their moral code, and will one day exalt them unto eternity.

Inalienable,adj. Those rights of which no human being may be deprived except by appropriate Government action.

National Interest,n. One's own interest, sufficiently magnified and projected upon a screen sufficiently large to make manifest its unparalleled importance.

Punishment,n. A highly effective deterrent for any miscreant who plans on getting caught. The means whereby society revenges itself upon those responsible for its most entertaining news headlines.

Runge,n. Diarrhoea with a touch of mange.
Had his throat been wider or his fury less choking, he would have poured out his disgust in an endless stream; as it was, what emerged was poisonous but thin and unimpressive, a sort of verbal runge.
Mimbler Zipley

Sewer,n. Means of keeping ourselves healthy by transporting the waste products of human digestion away from our immediate vicinity - usually into the sea, which also helps to feed us. This sort of versatility in the use of his tools is what has got mankind into the enviable position he occupies today.