kindergarten n. The first step in the process of turning children into neurotic overachievers instead of allowing them to grow up at their own rate. See also education.

King James Bible n. A book believed by certain Fundamentalist Christians to contain an exact representation of the original spoken words of God, despite the fact that its contents were compiled some 1400 years before the English into which they were translated came into use.

kitchen n. Formerly, the place where a careworn wife and mother performed much of the drudgery that was assumed to be her birthright. Presently, a room filled with microwave ovens, food processors, gourmet cookbooks, and frozen entrees.

knee n. Formerly, the joint between the upper and lower portions of the leg. Presently, an inexhaustible gold mine for surgeons. See also jogging.