At a local coffee bar, a young woman was expounding on her idea of the perfect mate to some of her friends.
"The man I marry must be a shining light amongst company. He must be musical. Tell jokes. Sing. And stay home at night!"
An old granny overheard and spoke up, "Honey, if that"s all you want, get a TV!"
—adj. (of forces) organized on military lines. —n. (pl. -ies) member of an unofficial paramilitary organization, esp. In n. Ireland.
PARASCENDING
n. Sport in which participants wearing open parachutes are towed behind a vehicle or motor boat to gain height before release for a conventional descent.
PARKINGMETER
n. Coin-operated meter allocating a length of time for which a vehicle may be parked in a street.
PARTEXCHANGE
—n. Transaction in which goods are given as part of the payment. —v. Give (goods) thus.
PARTICOLORED
adj. (brit. -coloured) of more than one colour. [related to *part, *colour]
PARTICULARLY
adv. - especially, very.
- specifically (particularly asked for you).
- in a particular or fastidious manner.
PASQUEFLOWER
n. A kind of anemone with bell-shaped purple flowers. [french passe-fleur]
PASSIONFRUIT
n. Edible fruit of some species of passion-flower.
PATHOLOGICAL
adj. - of pathology.
- of or caused by physical or mental disorder (pathological fear of spiders). pathologically adv.
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