A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to haunt the heart were anciently believed to infest the liver; and even Gascoygne, speaking of the emotional side of human nature, calls it "our hepaticall parte." It was at one time considered the seat of life; hence its name -- liver, the thing we live with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg 'pate'.
LL.D. Letters indicating the degree 'Legumptionorum Doctor', one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some suspicion is cast upon this derivation by the fact that the title was formerly 'LL.d.', and conferred only upon gentlemen distinguished for their wealth. At the date of this writing Columbia University is considering the expediency of making another degree for clergymen, in place of the old D.D. -- 'Damnator Diaboli'. The new honor will be known as 'Sanctorum Custus', and written '$$c'. The name of the Rev. John Satan has been suggested as a suitable recipient by a lover of consistency, who points out that Professor Harry Thurston Peck has long enjoyed the advantage of a degree.
—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary