Little Johnny was sitting on a park bench munching on one candy bar after another.
After the sixth one a man on the bench across from him said, "Son, you know eating all that candy isn’t good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, make you fat."
Little Johnny replied, "My grandfather lived to be 107 years old."
The man asked, "Did your grandfather eat 6 candy bars at a time?"
Little Johnny answered, "No, he minded his own business!"
v. Colloq. Stare stupidly or obtrusively. [related to *yelp]
GAZE
—v. (-zing) (foll. By at, into, on, etc.) Look fixedly. —n. Intent look. [origin unknown]
GCHQ
abbr. Government communications headquarters.
GCSE
abbr. General certificate of secondary education.
GEAR
lever n. (also gear shift) lever used to engage or change gear.
- —n. - (often in pl.) A set of toothed wheels that work together, esp. Those connecting the engine of a vehicle to the road wheels. B particular setting of these (first gear).
- equipment, apparatus, or tackle.
- colloq. Clothing. —v. - (foll. By to) adjust or adapt to.
- (often foll. By up) equip with gears.
- (foll. By up) make ready or prepared.
- put in gear. in gear with a gear engaged. Out of gear with no gear engaged. [old norse]
GELD
v. Castrate. [old norse]
GENE
n. Unit in a chromosome determining heredity. [german]
- therapy n. Introduction of normal genes into cells in place of defective or missing ones in order to correct genetic disorders.
GENT
n. Colloq. - gentleman.
- (the gents) colloq. Men's public lavatory. [shortening of *gentleman]
GERM
n. - micro-organism, esp. One causing disease.
- portion of an organism capable of developing into a new one; rudiment of an animal or plant in seed (wheat germ).
- thing that may develop; elementary principle. germy adj. (-ier, -iest). [latin germen sprout]
- warfare n. Use of germs to spread disease in war.
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Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You"ll lose him or her every time.