Little Johnny was sitting on a park bench munching on one candy bar after another.
After the sixth one a man on the bench across from him said, "Son, you know eating all that candy isn’t good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, make you fat."
Little Johnny replied, "My grandfather lived to be 107 years old."
The man asked, "Did your grandfather eat 6 candy bars at a time?"
Little Johnny answered, "No, he minded his own business!"
—n. Coxswain, esp. Of a racing-boat. —v. Act as cox (of). [abbreviation]
COY
adj. - affectedly shy.
- irritatingly reticent. coyly adv. Coyness n. [french: related to *quiet]
CPL
Abbr. Corporal.
CPS
abbr. (also c.p.s.) 1 computing characters per second.
- sci. Cycles per second.
CPU
abbr. Computing central processing unit.
CRI
de cœur n. (pl. Cris de cœur pronunc. Same) passionate appeal, protest, etc. [french, = cry from the heart]
CRT
abbr. Cathode-ray tube.
CRU
n. - french vineyard or wine region.
- grade of wine. [french crû grown]
CRY
—v. (cries, cried) 1 (often foll. By out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. To express pain, grief, etc., or to appeal for help.
- shed tears; weep.
- (often foll. By out) say or exclaim loudly or excitedly.
- (foll. By for) appeal, demand, or show a need for.
- (of an animal, esp. A bird) make a loud call. —n. (pl. Cries) 1 loud shout or scream of grief, pain, etc.
- spell of weeping.
- loud excited utterance.
- urgent appeal.
- a public demand or opinion. B rallying call.
- call of an animal. cry down disparage. Cry off withdraw from an undertaking. Cry out for need as an obvious requirement or solution. Cry wolf see *wolf. [latin quirito]
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