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."
- earth n. The earth as mother of its inhabitants.
- tongue n. Native language.
- —n. - female parent.
- woman, quality, or condition etc. That gives rise to something else (necessity is the mother of invention).
- (in full mother superior) head of a female religious community. —v. - treat as a mother does.
- give birth to; be the mother or origin of. motherhood n. Motherless adj. [old english]
MOTION
picture n. (esp. Us) cinema film.
- —n. - moving; changing position.
- gesture.
- formal proposal put to a committee, legislature, etc.
- application to a court for an order.
- a an evacuation of the bowels. B (in sing. Or pl.) Faeces. —v. (often foll. By to + infin.) 1 direct (a person) by a gesture.
- (often foll. By to a person) make a gesture directing (motioned to me to leave). go through the motions do something perfunctorily or superficially. In motion moving; not at rest. Put (or set) in motion set going or working. motionless adj. [latin: related to *move]
MOTIVE
power n. Moving or impelling power, esp. A source of energy used to drive machinery.
- —n. - what induces a person to act in a particular way.
- = *motif. —adj. - tending to initiate movement.
- concerned with movement. [latin motivus: related to *move]
MOTLEY
—adj. (-lier, -liest) 1 diversified in colour.
- of varied character (a motley crew). —n. Hist. Jester's particoloured costume. [origin unknown]
MOTOWN
n. Music with elements of rhythm and blues, associated with detroit. [motor town, = detroit in us]
MOTTLE
v. (-ling) (esp. As mottled adj.) Mark with spots or smears of colour. [back-formation from *motley]
MOULDY
adj. (us moldy) (-ier, -iest) 1 covered with mould.
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