A man was driving down the road with twenty penguins in the back seat.
The police stop him and say that he can’t drive around with the penguins in the car and should take them to the zoo.
The man agrees and drives off.
The next day the same man is driving down the road with twenty penguins in the back and again he is stopped by the same police officer who says, "Hey! I thought I told you to take those to the zoo."
The man replies, "I did. Today I’m taking them to the movies."
n. Mother-of-pearl from any shelled mollusc. nacreous adj. [french]
NADIR
n. - part of the celestial sphere directly below an observer.
- lowest point; time of deep despair. [arabic, = opposite]
NAIAD
n. Water-nymph. [latin from greek]
NAIVE
adj. (also naive) 1 innocent; unaffected.
- foolishly credulous.
- (of art) produced in a sophisticated society but lacking conventional expertise. naïvely adv. Naïvety n. (also naïvete). [latin nativus *native]
NAKED
adj. - without clothes; nude.
- without its usual covering.
- undisguised (the naked truth).
- (of a light, flame, sword, etc.) Unprotected or unsheathed. nakedly adv. Nakedness n. [old english]
- eye n. (prec. By the) unassisted vision, e.g. Without a telescope etc.
NANCY
n. (pl. -ies) (in full nancy boy) slang offens. Effeminate man, esp. A homosexual. [pet form of ann]
NANNY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 child's nurse.
- colloq. Grandmother.
- (in full nanny-goat) female goat. [related to *nancy]
NAPPY
n. (pl. -ies) piece of towelling etc. Wrapped round a baby to absorb or retain urine and faeces. [from *napkin]
NASAL
—adj. - of the nose.
- (of a letter or a sound) pronounced with the breath passing through the nose, e.g. M, n, ng.
- (of the voice or speech) having many nasal sounds. —n. Nasal letter or sound. nasalize v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing). Nasally adv. [latin nasus nose]
NASTY
piece of work n. Colloq. Unpleasant or contemptible person.
- —adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 highly unpleasant.
- difficult to negotiate.
- (of a person or animal) ill-natured. —n. (pl. -ies) colloq. Horror film, esp. One on video and depicting cruelty or killing. nastily adv. Nastiness n. [origin unknown]
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