A Practical Dictionary of Political Science

While in class one day, the subject of separation of church and state was raised. The teacher noted what he saw as the irony in the fact that the United States which professes separation of church and state is more religious in its politics than the UK with its established state religion. While this may have left some scratching their heads wondering what exactly having secular politicians has to do with separation of church and state, I for one realized that the scratching head approach would not get anyone anywhere. It was necessary to do something so that in the future, students would have no difficulty understanding where their teachers are coming from. It was with this in mind that the Practical Dictionary Of Political Science was conceived. The first entry:
separation of church and state: the doctrine under which a politician is free to worship if and only if his gods are favorable towards abortion

Whereas this may not be the traditional definition, I firmly believe that this will serve as a much more practical definition towards understanding the term at hand.
In this vein, I recall a related incident in which a teacher apologized for referring to "third world nations", an epithet for what are referred to as third world nations. The preferred choice, he explained, is developing nations. Again any possible confusion at the use of this term could be avoided if the proper definition was provided:
developing nation: a nation in which the rate of development is or approaches zero and in which this rate has remained constant since, at least, the Middle Ages