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!"
- infectious fright, esp. In commercial dealings. —v. (-ck-) (often foll. By into) affect or be affected with panic (was panicked into buying). panicky adj. [greek pan, rural god]
PANSY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 cultivated plant with flowers of various rich colours.
- colloq. Offens. A effeminate man. B male homosexual. [french pensee thought, pansy]
PANTO
n. (pl. -s) colloq. = *pantomime 1. [abbreviation]
PANTS
n.pl. - underpants or knickers.
- us trousers. bore (or scare etc.) The pants off colloq. Bore, scare, etc., greatly. With one's pants down colloq. In an embarrassingly unprepared state. [abbreviation of *pantaloons]
PAPAL
adj. Of a pope or the papacy. [medieval latin: related to *pope]
PAPAW
var. Of *pawpaw.
PAPER
money n. Banknotes.
- round n. - job of regularly delivering newspapers.
- route for this.
- tiger n. Apparently threatening, but ineffectual, person or thing.
- —n. - material made in thin sheets from the pulp of wood etc., used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material etc.
- (attrib.) A made of or using paper. B flimsy like paper.
- = *newspaper.
- a printed document. B (in pl.) Identification etc. Documents.
