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. (pl. -s) 1 solemn declaration naming god etc. As witness.
- profanity, curse. on (or under) oath having sworn a solemn oath. [old english]
OBEY
v. - a carry out the command of. B carry out (a command).
- do what one is told to do.
- be actuated by (a force or impulse). [latin obedio from audio hear]
OBOE
n. Woodwind double-reed instrument with a piercing plaintive tone. oboist n. [french hautbois from haut high, bois wood]
OCTA
comb. Form (also oct- before a vowel) eight. [latin octo, greek okto eight]
OCTO
comb. Form (also oct- before a vowel) eight. [see *octa-]
ODDS
and ends n.pl. Miscellaneous articles or remnants.
- n.pl. - ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way.
- balance of probability or advantage (the odds are against it; the odds are in your favour).
- difference giving an advantage (it makes no odds). at odds (often foll. By with) in conflict or at variance. Over the odds above the normal price etc. [apparently from *odd]
ODOR
n. (brit. Odour) 1 smell or fragrance.
- quality or trace (an odour of intolerance).
- regard, repute (in bad odour). odorous adj. Odourless adj. [latin odor]
OECD
abbr. Organization for economic cooperation and development.
OGEE
n. S-shaped line or moulding. [apparently from *ogive]
OGLE
—v. (-ling) look amorously or lecherously (at). —n. Amorous or lecherous look. [probably low german or dutch]
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