A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
—n. Hard usu. Black varnish, orig. From japan. —v. (-nn-) 1 varnish with japan.
- make black and glossy. [japan in e. Asia]
JAUNT
—n. Short pleasure trip. —v. Take a jaunt. [origin unknown]
JAZZY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 of or like jazz.
- vivid, showy.
JEANS
n.pl. Casual esp. Denim trousers. [earlier geane fustian, = material from genoa]
JEHAD
var. Of *jihad.
- var. Of *jihad.
JELLY
baby n. Jelly-like baby-shaped sweet.
- —n. (pl. -ies) 1 a (usu. Fruit-flavoured) translucent dessert set with gelatin. B similar preparation as a jam, condiment, or sweet (redcurrant jelly). C similar preparation from meat, bones, etc., and gelatin (marrowbone jelly).
- any similar substance.
- slang gelignite. —v. (-ies, -ied) (cause to) set as or in a jelly, congeal (jellied eels). jelly-like adj. [french gelee from latin gelo freeze]
JEMMY
n. (pl. -ies) burglar's short crowbar. [from the name james]
JENNY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 hist. = *spinning-jenny.
- female donkey. [from the name janet]
JERKY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 moving suddenly or abruptly.
- spasmodic. jerkily adv. Jerkiness n.
JERRY
n. (pl. -ies) slang 1 german (esp. Soldier).
- germans collectively. [probably an alteration of german]
- n. (pl. -ies) slang chamber-pot. [probably an abbreviation of *jeroboam]
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