Did you hear about the kid who was pulled over for speeding?
The cop got out of his car and the young man rolled down his window.
"I’ve been waiting for you all day," the cop said.
The guy replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could."
When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.
adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) Lengthy; tedious. prolixity n. [latin]
PROMPT
—adj. Acting, made, or done with alacrity; ready (prompt reply). —adv. Punctually (at six o'clock prompt). —v. - (usu. Foll. By to, or to + infin.) Incite; urge (prompted them to action).
- a (also absol.) Supply a forgotten word etc. To (an actor etc.). B assist (a hesitating speaker) with a suggestion.
- give rise to; inspire (feeling, thought, action, etc.). —n. - a act of prompting. B thing said to prompt an actor etc. C = *prompter.
- computing sign on a vdu screen to show that the system is waiting for input. promptitude n. Promptly adv. Promptness n. [latin]
PRONTO
adv. Colloq. Promptly, quickly. [latin: related to *prompt]
PROPEL
v. (-ll-) drive or push forward; urge on. propellant n. & adj. [latin pello puls- drive]
PROPER
adj. - a accurate, correct (gave him the proper amount). B fit, suitable, right (at the proper time).
- decent; respectable, esp. Excessively so (not quite proper).
- (usu. Foll. By to) belonging or relating (respect proper to them).
- (usu. Placed after the noun) strictly so called; genuine (this is the crypt, not the cathedral proper).
- fraction n. Fraction less than unity, with the numerator less than the denominator.
- noun n. (also proper name) capitalized name for an individual person, place, animal, country, title, etc., e.g. ‘jane’, ‘everest’.
PROTON
n. Elementary particle with a positive electric charge equal to that of an electron, and occurring in all atomic nuclei. [greek protos first]
PSEUDO
adj. & n. (pl. -s) = *pseud.
- comb. Form (also pseud- before a vowel) 1 false; not genuine (pseudo-intellectual).
- resembling or imitating (pseudo-acid). [greek pseudes false]
PSYCHE
n. The soul, spirit, or mind. [latin from greek]
PSYCHO
colloq. —n. (pl. -s) psychopath. —adj. Psychopathic. [abbreviation]
- comb. Form of the mind or psychology. [greek: related to *psychic]
PUBLIC
bar n. Less or least expensive bar in a public house.
- company n. Company that sells shares on the open market.
- convenience n. Public lavatory.
- enemy n. Notorious wanted criminal.
- figure n. Famous person.
- health n. Provision of adequate sanitation, drainage, etc. By government.
- house n. Inn providing alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
- lending right n. Right of authors to payment when their books etc. Are lent by public libraries.
- opinion n. Views, esp. Moral, that are generally prevalent.
- ownership n. State ownership of the means of production, distribution, or exchange.
- prosecutor n. Law officer acting on behalf of the state or in the public interest.
- relations n.pl. (usu. Treated as sing.) Professional promotion of a favourable public image, esp. By a company, famous person, etc.
- relations officer n. Person employed to promote public relations.
- school n. - private fee-paying secondary school, esp. For boarders.
- us, austral., & scot. Non-fee-paying school.
- sector n. State-controlled part of an economy, industry, etc.
- servant n. State official.
- spirit n. Willingness to engage in community action. public-spirited adj.
- transport n. Buses, trains, etc., charging set fares and running on fixed routes.
- utility n. Organization supplying water, gas, etc. To the community.
- works n.pl. Building operations etc. Done by or for the state.
- —adj. - of the people as a whole (public holiday).
- open to or shared by all (public baths).
- done or existing openly (public apology).
- (of a service, funds, etc.) Provided by or concerning government (public money; public records).
- of or involved in the affairs, esp. The government or entertainment, of the community (distinguished public career; public figures). —n. - (as sing. Or pl.) Community, or members of it, in general.
- specified section of the community (reading public; my public). go public 1 become a public company.
- reveal one's plans etc. In public openly, publicly. publicly adv. [latin]
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