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. Slang money, esp. Gained or used dishonestly. [dutch boedel possessions]
BOOGIE
v. (-ies, -ied, -ieing) slang dance to pop music.
BOOKIE
n. Colloq. = *bookmaker. [abbreviation]
BOOTEE
n. Baby's soft shoe.
BOOZER
n. Colloq. - habitual drinker.
- public house.
BORAGE
n. Plant with leaves used as flavouring. [french ultimately from arabic]
BORDER
collie n. Sheepdog of the north country.
- terrier n. Small rough-haired terrier.
- —n. - edge or boundary, or the part near it.
- a line or region separating two countries. B (the border) boundary between scotland and england (usu. The borders), or n. Ireland and the irish republic.
- esp. Ornamental strip round an edge.
- long narrow flower-bed (herbaceous border). —v. - be a border to.
- provide with a border.
- (usu. Foll. By on, upon) a adjoin; come close to being. B resemble. [french from germanic: related to *board]
BORROW
v. - a acquire temporarily, promising or intending to return. B obtain money thus.
- use (another's idea, invention, etc.); plagiarize. borrower n. [old english]
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