The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Homer – who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket – went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Homer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11," he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the week start with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Homer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Homer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Homer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Homer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Homer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
- not concise, wordy. —v. (-sing) 1 disperse or spread widely.
- intermingle by diffusion. diffusible adj. Diffusive adj. [latin: related to *found3]
DIGITAL
adj. - of digits.
- (of a clock, watch, etc.) Giving a reading by displayed digits.
- (of a computer) operating on data represented by a series of digits.
- (of a recording) with sound-information represented by digits for more reliable transmission. digitally adv. [latin: related to *digit]
- audio tape n. Magnetic tape on which sound is recorded digitally.
DIGNIFY
v. (-ies, -ied) 1 confer dignity on; ennoble.
- give a fine name to. [latin dignus worthy]
DIGNITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 composed and serious manner.
- worthiness, nobleness (dignity of work).
- high rank or position. beneath one's dignity not worthy enough for one. Stand on one's dignity insist on being treated with respect. [latin dignus worthy]
DIGRAPH
n. Two letters representing one sound, e.g. Ph, ey as in phone, key. [from *di-1, *-graph]
DIGRESS
v. Depart from the main subject in speech or writing. digression n. [latin digredior -gress-]
DILEMMA
n. - situation in which a difficult choice has to be made.
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