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. Deliberate extermination of a people or nation. genocidal adj. [greek genos race, *-cide]
GEODESIC
adj. (also geodetic) of geodesy.
- line n. Shortest possible line between two points on a curved surface.
GEOMETRY
n. Science of the properties and relations of lines, surfaces, and solids. geometrician n. [from *geo-, *-metry]
GEORGIAN
adj. Of the time of kings george i–iv or of george v and vi.
- —adj. Of georgia in eastern europe or the us. —n. - native or language of georgia in eastern europe.
- native of georgia in the us.
GERANIUM
n. (pl. -s) 1 (in general use) cultivated pelargonium.
- herb or shrub bearing fruit shaped like a crane's bill. [greek geranos crane]
GERMANIC
—adj. - having german characteristics.
- hist. Of the germans.
- of the scandinavians, anglo-saxons, or germans. —n. - the branch of indo-european languages which includes english, german, dutch, and the scandinavian languages.
- the primitive language of germanic peoples.
GERMINAL
adj. - of germs.
- in the earliest stage of development.
- productive of new ideas. germinally adv. [related to *germ]
GHOSTING
n. Appearance of a ‘ghost’ image in a television picture.
GIFTWRAP
v. Wrap attractively as a gift.
GIGANTIC
adj. Huge, giant-like. gigantically adv. [latin: related to *giant]
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