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!"
- (often foll. By on, along) trudge; proceed ploddingly (must jog on somehow).
- (of a horse) trot. —n. - spell of jogging; slow walk or trot.
- push, jerk, or nudge. [probably imitative]
JOT
—v. (-tt-) (usu. Foll. By down) write briefly or hastily. —n. Very small amount (not one jot). [greek *iota]
JOY
n. - (often foll. By at, in) pleasure; extreme gladness.
- thing causing joy.
- colloq. Satisfaction, success (got no joy). joyful adj. Joyfully adv. Joyfulness n. Joyless adj. Joyous adj. Joyously adv. [french joie from latin gaudium]
JUG
—n. - deep vessel for liquids, with a handle and a lip for pouring.
- contents of this.
- slang prison. —v. (-gg-) (usu. As jugged adj.) Stew or boil (esp. Hare) in a casserole etc. jugful n. (pl. -s). [origin uncertain]
JUL
Abbr. July.
JUN
Abbr. - june.
- junior.
JUT
—v. (-tt-) (often foll. By out, forth) protrude, project. —n. Projection. [var. Of *jet1]
JACK
frost n. Frost personified.
- of all trades n. Multi-skilled person.
- plane n. Medium-sized joinery plane.
- plug n. Plug for use with a jack (see *jack n. 4).
- russell n. Short-legged breed of terrier.
- tar n. Sailor.
- —n. - device for raising heavy objects, esp. Vehicles.
- court-card with a picture of a soldier, page, etc.
- ship's flag, esp. Showing nationality.
- device using a single-pronged plug to connect an electrical circuit.
- small white target ball in bowls.
- a = *jackstone. B (in pl.) Game of jackstones.
- (jack) familiar form of john, esp. Typifying the common man, male animal, etc. (i'm all right, jack). —v. (usu. Foll. By up) 1 raise with or as with a jack (in sense 1).
- colloq. Raise (e.g. Prices). every man jack every person. Jack in slang abandon (an attempt etc.). [familiar form of the name john]
JADE
n. - hard usu. Green stone used for ornaments etc.
- green colour of jade. [spanish ijada from latin ilia flanks (named as a cure for colic)]
- n. - inferior or worn-out horse.
- derog. Disreputable woman. [origin unknown]
JAIL
(also gaol) —n. - place for the detention of prisoners.
- confinement in a jail. —v. Put in jail. [french jaiole, ultimately from latin cavea cage]
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