CYCLE LANE (n.) A  throughfare to assist the perambulation by those whose countenance carries a self-satisfied smirk as they pass stationary vehicles

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CONGESTION CHARGE (v.t.) A tallage made upon a costermonger to drive his cart into the metropolis centre, that suffers heavy traffik doth caus’d by bycicle lanes

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WALKIE TALKIE (n.) Curious strukture in Fenchurch Street whose fabrick doth cause vehikles to igknit

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PORTCULLIS HOUSE (n.) Edifice doth pleased its arkitects whereas being London’s most expensive and least attractive much like its inhabitants

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ELECTRIC CAB (n.) A sedan, whose owner hath payed a King’s ransom, thus insuring he doth work on the Sabbath, and in so doing, saving polar bears from extinction

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