vasectomy n. A voluntary withdrawal from the gene pool.
violin n. A boxlike wooden contraption, bedecked with strings made from the entrails of a sheep and purportedly capable of producing music when scraped with a stick bearing hair from the tail of a horse. The viola is similar in appearance but is rather more desirable, as, being larger, it burns longer when ignited.
virgin n. An individual who has as yet discovered neither the price obtainable in exchange for the rental of one's nether regions nor the costs inherent in said transaction.
| Every harlot was a virgin once. | |
| --William Blake, The Gates of Paradise | |
| So the people of your ConSentiency sometimes resent the sexual relationships of others. They are not sure, then, how they use sex to hold power over others. | |
| --Frank Herbert, The Dosadi Experiment | |
vote v. To take part in an elective process of some sort by casting a ballot which, considering the track record of the government, were often better voiced as the anagram veto.