An admiral is standing by a candy machine at the Naval Academy in Annapolis when he stops a plebe walking by.
- "Sailor, do you have change for a dollar?"
- "Sure, buddy," - says the plebe, rooting around his pocket.
- "That"s no way to address an officer! Now let"s try it again. Do you have change for a dollar?"
The plebe snaps to attention and barks,
- "No, sir!"
- (of a person) convinced, confident, or overconfident in an opinion.
- a absolute; not relative. B gram. (of an adjective or adverb) expressing a simple quality without comparison.
- colloq. Downright (it was a positive miracle).
- constructive (positive thinking).
- marked by the presence and not absence of qualities (positive reaction).
- esp. Philos. Dealing only with matters of fact; practical.
- tending in a direction naturally or arbitrarily taken as that of increase or progress.
- greater than zero. 10 electr. Of, containing, or producing the kind of electrical charge produced by rubbing glass with silk; lacking electrons. 11 (of a photographic image) showing lights and shades or colours unreversed. —n. Positive adjective, photograph, quantity, etc. positively adv. Positiveness n. [latin: related to *position]
POSITRON
n. Physics elementary particle with the same mass as but opposite (positive) charge to an electron. [positive electron]
POSSIBLE
—adj. - capable of existing, happening, being done, etc.
- potential (a possible way of doing it). —n. - possible candidate, member of a team, etc.
- highest possible score, esp. In shooting.
POSSIBLY
adv. - perhaps.
- in accordance with possibility (cannot possibly go).
POSTCARD
n. Card for sending by post without an envelope.
POSTCODE
n. Group of letters and figures in a postal address to assist sorting.
POSTDATE
v. (-ting) 1 give a date later than the actual one to (a document etc.).
- follow in time.
POSTFREE
adj. & adv. Carried by post free of charge, or with postage prepaid.
POSTMARK
—n. Official mark on a letter, giving the place, date, etc., and cancelling the stamp. —v. Mark (an envelope etc.) With this.
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A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive.