Kaleidoscope: n.:
the instrument that inspired the first two generations of computer at.

Kangaroo court: n.:
a body who have declared themselves a quorum assembled for the practice of Judge Lynch's law.

Kemp: n.:
inferior hairs mixed in with those of quality in order to cheapen the blend.

Keystone cops: n.:
Pennsylvania police, especially Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kiddie porn: n.:
depictions of children in sexual or suggestive contexts, unless funded or presented by a large corporation catering to Middle America, or resulting from "beauty pageants."

Kidney: n.:
one of a pair of swimming-pool shaped organs which filter the yellow color and the bad smells from the blood.

"Kids nowadays": phrase:
the oldest known complaint still in regular use. It may even be older than some of the jokes still in regular use.
A popular diatribe on the ill manners and bad attitudes of the younger generation is revived periodically; it is attributed to Socrates. This leads one to wonder if the Athenians had also developed the institution of deficit spending.

Killer bees: n.:
the latest in a series of conscriptions from Africa to the New World.

King: n.:
a ruler appointed by God, or by the Committee to Reelect the President, depending on historical period.

Kit: n.:
a collection of the components necessary to create a manufactured item.
Usually delivered with one or two parts missing and with the dread words "Some Assembly Required."

Kite: n.:
a flying machine which cannot be successfully operated by the hero of a daily comic strip.

Kleptomaniac: n.:
an addicted thief who steals for the love of theft rather than for gain.

Knapp: v.t.:
to create scars on the hands and fingers while trying to make rocks into stone tools after the fashion of the ancients.

Knee: n.:
the organ of supplication.

Knee-jerk: adj.:
reacting without thought or consideration, substituting jingle and sound-bite for thought.

Knot: n.:
a blemish that is attractive in a pine board, but not on the side of your head.

Know thyself: dictum:
when used in the biblical sense, an insult.

Knowledge: n.:
the residuum of experience, if you were paying attention at the time.
Frequently confused with intelligence, mostly by those who are deficient in both.

Knuckle: n.:
sandwich makings for the rowdy.

Koran: n.:
the Newer Testament.

Ku Klux Klan: proper name:
early conservative PAC of the Old South, named for the sound of a rifle's action cycling; and about equally compassionate.

Kumquat: n.:
citrus fruit known primarily as the butt of jokes in '30s movie comedies.