A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, it’s called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, it’s called a lift."
witness n. Member of a millenarian christian sect rejecting the supremacy of the state and religious institutions over personal conscience, faith, etc.
JEOPARDY
n. Danger, esp. Severe. [obsolete french iu parti divided play]
JEREMIAD
n. Doleful complaint or lamentation. [church latin: related to *jeremiah]
JEREMIAH
n. Dismal prophet, denouncer of the times. [lamentations of jeremiah, in the old testament]
JEROBOAM
n. Wine bottle of 4–12 times the ordinary size. [jeroboam in the old testament]
JERRYCAN
n. (also jerrican) a kind of (orig. German) petrol- or water-can. [from *jerry]
JETTISON
—v. - a throw (esp. Heavy material) overboard to lighten a ship etc. B drop (goods) from an aircraft.
- abandon; get rid of. —n. Jettisoning. [anglo-french getteson: related to *jet1]
JEWELLER
n. (us jeweler) maker of or dealer in jewels or jewellery.
JIGGERED
adj. Colloq. (as a mild oath) confounded (i'll be jiggered). [euphemism]
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