Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures. Robin Williams
[T]hroughout the ages to be educated meant to be unproductive.... our word "school" - and its equivalent in all European languages - derives from a Greek word meaning "leisure." Peter Drucker
Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. Robin Williams
Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter. Andy Rooney