MISERICORDE

n : A dagger which in medieval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal. MISFORTUNE, never mi es. n. The kind of fortune that Mi , n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are Mi , Mi is (Mrs.) and in the market. Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistre , the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh. 224