A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Hunting flies," he responded.
"Oh… Killed any?" she asked.
"Yep, three males, two females," he replied.
Intrigued, she asked, "How can you tell?"
He responded, "Three were on a beer can, two were on the phone."
n. (us philter) love-potion. [greek phileo to love]
PHOENIX
n. Mythical bird, the only one of its kind, that burnt itself on a pyre and rose from the ashes to live again. [greek phoinix]
PHONEIN
n. Broadcast programme during which listeners or viewers telephone the studio and participate.
PHONEME
n. Unit of sound in a specified language that distinguishes one word from another (e.g. P, b, d, t as in pad, pat, bad, bat, in english). phonemic adj. [greek phoneo speak]
PHYSICS
n.pl. (treated as sing.) Branch of science dealing with the properties and interactions of matter and energy. [latin physica (pl.) From greek: related to *physic]
PIANIST
n. Piano-player.
PIANOLA
n. Propr. A kind of automatic piano. [diminutive]
PIBROCH
n. Martial or funerary bagpipe music. [gaelic]
PICADOR
n. Mounted man with a lance in a bullfight. [spanish]
PICCOLO
n. (pl. -s) small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary one. [italian, = small]
