A man goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot.
The shop owner points to three identically looking parrots on a perch and says:
"The parrot on the left costs $500."
"Why does the parrot cost so much?", asks the guest.
The owner says,
"Well, the parrot knows how to use a computer."
The man then asks about the next parrot. He is told that this one costs $1000, because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system.
Naturally, the increasingly startled man asks about the third parrot. He is told that it costs $2000. Needless to say this begs the question,
"What can it do?"
To which the owner replies,
"To be honest I have never seen it do a thing, but the other two call him boss!"
n. - container made of interwoven cane, reed, wire, etc.
- amount held by this.
- the goal in basketball, or a goal scored.
- econ. Group or range (of currencies). [french]
- weave n. Weave like wickerwork.
BASQUE
—n. - member of a people of the western pyrenees.
- their language. —adj. Of the basques or their language. [latin vasco]
BASSET
n. (in full basset-hound) sturdy hunting-dog with a long body and short legs. [french diminutive of bas low]
BATHOS
n. Lapse in mood from the sublime to the absurd or trivial; anticlimax. bathetic adj. Bathotic adj. [greek, = depth]
BATMAN
n. Army officer's servant. [bat pack-saddle, from french]
BATTEN
—n. - a long flat strip of squared timber. B horizontal strip of wood to which laths, tiles, etc., are fastened.
- strip for securing tarpaulin over a ship's hatchway. —v. Strengthen or (often foll. By down) fasten with battens. [french: related to *batter1]
- v. (foll. By on) thrive at the expense of (another). [old norse]
BATTER
v. - a strike hard and repeatedly. B (often foll. By against, at, etc.) Pound insistently (batter at the door).
- (often in passive) a subject to long-term violence (battered baby, wife). B criticize severely. batterer n. [french battre beat: related to *battle]
- n. Mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used for pancakes etc. [french: related to *batter1]
BATTLE
royal n. - battle of many combatants; free fight.
- heated argument.
- —n. - prolonged fight between armed forces.
- difficult struggle; contest (battle for supremacy; battle of wits). —v. (-ling) engage in battle; fight. half the battle key to the success of an undertaking. [latin battuo beat]
BAUBLE
n. Showy worthless trinket or toy. [french ba(u)bel toy]
BAZAAR
n. - oriental market.
- fund-raising sale of goods, esp. For charity. [persian]
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