A man asked for a meal in a restaurant. The waiter brought the food and put it on the table. After a moment, the man called the waiter and said:
"Waiter! Waiter! There"s a fly in my soup!"
"Please don"t speak so loudly, sir," said the waiter, "or everyone will want one."
computing —adj. Directly connected, so that a computer immediately receives an input from or sends an output to a peripheral process etc.; carried out while so connected or under direct computer control. —adv. With the processing of data carried out simultaneously with its production; while connected to a computer; under direct computer control.
ONRUSH
n. Onward rush.
ONSIDE
adj. (of a player in a field game) not offside.
ONWARD
—adv. (also onwards) 1 forward, advancing.
- into the future (from 1985 onwards). —adj. Forward, advancing.
OODLES
n.pl. Colloq. Very great amount. [origin unknown]
OOLITE
n. Granular limestone. oolitic adj. [greek oion egg]
OOMPAH
n. Colloq. Rhythmical sound of deep brass instruments. [imitative]
OPAQUE
adj. (opaquer, opaquest) 1 not transmitting light.
- impenetrable to sight.
- unintelligible.
- unintelligent, stupid. opaquely adv. Opaqueness n. [latin opacus shaded]
