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!"
- sport inexperienced player. coltish adj. [old english]
COMA
n. (pl. -s) prolonged deep unconsciousness. [latin from greek]
COMB
—n. - a toothed strip of rigid material for tidying the hair. B similar curved decorative strip worn in the hair.
- thing like a comb, esp. A device for tidying and straightening wool etc.
- red fleshy crest of a fowl, esp. A cock.
- honeycomb. —v. - draw a comb through (the hair).
- dress (wool etc.) With a comb.
- colloq. Search (a place) thoroughly. comb out 1 arrange (the hair) loosely by combing.
- remove with a comb.
- search out and get rid of. [old english]
COME
—v. (-ming; past came; past part. Come) 1 move, be brought towards, or reach a place.
- reach a specified situation or result (came to no harm).
- reach or extend to a specified point.
- traverse or accomplish (with compl.: have come a long way).
- occur, happen; (of time) arrive in due course (how did you come to break your leg?; the day soon came).
- take or occupy a specified position in space or time (nero came after claudius).
- become perceptible or known (it will come to me).
- be available (comes in three sizes).
- become (come loose). 10 (foll. By from, of) a be descended from. B be the result of (that comes of complaining). 11 colloq. Play the part of; behave like (don't come the bully with me). 12 slang have an orgasm. 13 (in subjunctive) colloq. When a specified time is reached (come next month). 14 (as int.) Expressing mild protest or encouragement (come, it cannot be that bad). —n. Slang semen ejaculated. come about happen. Come across 1 meet or find by chance.
- colloq. Be effective or understood; give a specified impression. Come again colloq. - make a further effort.
CONE
n. - solid figure with a circular (or other curved) plane base, tapering to a point.
- thing of similar shape.
- dry fruit of a conifer.
- ice-cream cornet. [latin from greek]
CONK
v. (usu. Foll. By out) colloq. - (of a machine etc.) Break down.
- (of a person) become exhausted and give up; fall asleep; faint; die. [origin unknown]
- slang —n. - nose or head.
- punch on the nose or head. —v. Hit on the nose or head. [perhaps = *conch]
CONN
v. (brit. Con) (-nn-) direct the steering of (a ship). [originally cond from french: related to *conduct]
CONT
Abbr. - contents.
- continued.
CONY
n. (also coney) rabbit fur. [latin cuniculus]
COOK
—v. - prepare (food) by heating it.
- (of food) undergo cooking.
- colloq. Falsify (accounts etc.).
- (as be cooking) colloq. Be happening or about to happen. —n. Person who cooks, esp. Professionally or in a specified way (a good cook). cook up colloq. Concoct (a story, excuse, etc.). [latin coquus]
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