Little Johnny was sitting on a park bench munching on one candy bar after another.
After the sixth one a man on the bench across from him said, "Son, you know eating all that candy isn’t good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, make you fat."
Little Johnny replied, "My grandfather lived to be 107 years old."
The man asked, "Did your grandfather eat 6 candy bars at a time?"
Little Johnny answered, "No, he minded his own business!"
—n. - (puritan) hist. Member of a group of english protestants who sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship after the reformation.
- purist member of any party.
- strict observer of religion or morals. —adj. - (puritan) hist. Of the puritans.
- scrupulous and austere in religion or morals. puritanism n. [latin: related to *pure]
PURLIEU
n. (pl. -s) 1 person's bounds, limits, or usual haunts.
- hist. Tract on the border of a forest.
- (in pl.) Outskirts, outlying region. [anglo-french purale from aller go]
PURLOIN
v. Formal or joc. Steal, pilfer. [anglo-french purloigner from loign far]
PURPORT
—v. - profess; be intended to seem (purports to be an officer).
- (often foll. By that) (of a document or speech) have as its meaning; state. —n. - ostensible meaning.
- sense or tenor (of a document or statement). purportedly adv. [latin: related to *pro-1, porto carry]
PURPOSE
—n. - object to be attained; thing intended.
- intention to act.
- resolution, determination. —v. (-sing) have as one's purpose; design, intend. on purpose intentionally. To no purpose with no result or effect. To the purpose 1 relevant.
- useful. [latin propono *propose]
PURSUIT
n. - act of pursuing.
- occupation or activity pursued. in pursuit of pursuing. [french: related to *suit]
PURVIEW
n. - scope or range of a document, scheme, etc.
- range of physical or mental vision. [anglo-french past part.: related to *purvey]
PUSHFUL
adj. Pushy; arrogant. pushfully adv.
PUSHING
adj. - pushy.
- predic. Colloq. Having nearly reached (a specified age).
