The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Homer – who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket – went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Homer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11," he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the week start with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Homer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Homer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Homer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Homer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Homer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
- have as an origin; begin. origination n. Originator n.
ORPHANAGE
n. Home for orphans.
OSCILLATE
v. (-ting) 1 (cause to) swing to and fro.
- vacillate; vary between extremes.
- (of an electric current) undergo high-frequency alternations. oscillation n. Oscillator n. [latin oscillo swing]
OSTENSIVE
adj. Directly showing.
OSTRACIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) exclude from society; refuse to associate with. ostracism n. [greek (ostrakon potsherd, on which a vote was recorded in ancient athens to expel a powerful or unpopular citizen)]
OTHERWISE
—adv. - or else; in different circumstances (hurry, otherwise we'll be late).
- in other respects (is otherwise very suitable).
- in a different way (could not have acted otherwise).
- as an alternative (otherwise known as jack). —adj. (predic.) Different (the matter is quite otherwise). [old english: related to *wise2]
OUBLIETTE
n. Secret dungeon with a trapdoor entrance. [french oublier forget]
OURSELVES
pron. - a emphat. Form of *we or *us (we did it ourselves). B refl. Form of *us (we are pleased with ourselves).
- in our normal state of body or mind (not quite ourselves today). be ourselves see *oneself. By ourselves see by oneself.
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