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. (pl. Genii) (in arabian tales) spirit or goblin with magical powers. [french genie *genius: cf. *jinnee]
GENRE
n. - kind or style of art etc.
- painting of scenes from ordinary life. [french: related to *gender]
GENUS
n. (pl. Genera) 1 taxonomic category of animals or plants with common structural characteristics, usu. Containing several species.
- (in logic) kind of things including subordinate kinds or species.
- colloq. Kind, class. [latin genus -eris]
GEODE
n. - cavity lined with crystals.
- rock containing this. [greek geodes earthy]
GESSO
n. (pl. -es) gypsum as used in painting or sculpture. [italian: related to *gypsum]
GETUP
n. Colloq. Style or arrangement of dress etc.
GHOST
town n. Town with few or no remaining inhabitants.
- train n. (at a funfair) open-topped miniature railway in which the rider experiences ghoulish sights, sounds, etc.
- —n. - supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; disembodied spirit.
- shadow or semblance (not a ghost of a chance).
- secondary image in a defective telescope or television picture. —v. (often foll. By for) act as ghost-writer of (a work). ghostliness n. Ghostly adj. (-ier, -iest). [old english]
GHOUL
n. - person morbidly interested in death etc.
- evil spirit or phantom.
- spirit in muslim folklore preying on corpses. ghoulish adj. Ghoulishly adv. [arabic]
GHYLL
var. Of *gill3.
GIANT
—n. - (fem. Giantess) imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.
- person or thing of great size, ability, courage, etc. —attrib. Adj. - gigantic.
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