At a local coffee bar, a young woman was expounding on her idea of the perfect mate to some of her friends.
"The man I marry must be a shining light amongst company. He must be musical. Tell jokes. Sing. And stay home at night!"
An old granny overheard and spoke up, "Honey, if that"s all you want, get a TV!"
n. his nibs joc. Colloq. Mock title used with reference to an important or self-important person. [origin unknown]
NICE
adj. - pleasant, satisfactory.
- (of a person) kind, good-natured.
- iron. Bad or awkward (nice mess).
- fine or subtle (nice distinction).
- fastidious; delicately sensitive.
- (foll. By an adj., often with and) satisfactory in terms of the quality described (a nice long time; nice and warm). nicely adv. Niceness n. Nicish adj. (also niceish). [originally = foolish, from latin nescius ignorant]
NICK
—n. - small cut or notch.
- slang a prison. B police station.
- colloq. Condition (in good nick). —v. - make a nick or nicks in.
- slang a steal. B arrest, catch. in the nick of time only just in time. [origin uncertain]
NIFF
n. & v. Colloq. Smell, stink. niffy adj. (-ier, -iest). [originally a dial. Word]
NIGH
adv., prep., & adj. Archaic or dial. Near. [old english]
NINE
adj. & n. - one more than eight.
- symbol for this (9, ix, ix).
- size etc. Denoted by nine. [old english]
- days' wonder n. Person or thing that is briefly famous.
NODE
n. - a part of a plant stem from which leaves emerge. B knob on a root or branch.
- natural swelling.
- either of two points at which a planet's orbit intersects the plane of the ecliptic or the celestial equator.
- point of minimum disturbance in a standing wave system.
- point at which a curve intersects itself.
- component in a computer network. nodal adj. [latin nodus knot]
NOEL
n. Christmas. [latin: related to *natal]
NONE
—pron. - (foll. By of) a not any of (none of this concerns me; none of them have found it). B not any one of (none of them has come).
- a no persons (none but fools believe it). B no person (none but a fool believes it).
- (usu. With the preceding noun implied) not any (you have money and i have none). —adv. (foll. By the + compar., or so, too) by no amount; not at all (am none the wiser). [old english, = not one]
NONU
adj. Colloq. Not characteristic of the upper class. [from *u2]
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