A man goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot.
The shop owner points to three identically looking parrots on a perch and says:
"The parrot on the left costs $500."
"Why does the parrot cost so much?", asks the guest.
The owner says,
"Well, the parrot knows how to use a computer."
The man then asks about the next parrot. He is told that this one costs $1000, because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system.
Naturally, the increasingly startled man asks about the third parrot. He is told that it costs $2000. Needless to say this begs the question,
"What can it do?"
To which the owner replies,
"To be honest I have never seen it do a thing, but the other two call him boss!"
n. (also rear-light) usu. Red light at the rear of a vehicle.
REARMOST
adj. Furthest back.
REARREST
—v. Arrest again. —n. Rearresting or being rearrested.
REARWARD
—n. (esp. In prepositional phrases) rear (to the rearward of; in the rearward). —adj. To the rear. —adv. (also rearwards) towards the rear. [anglo-french rerewarde = *rearguard]
REASSERT
v. Assert again, esp. With renewed emphasis. reassertion n.
REASSESS
v. Assess again or differently. reassessment n.
REASSIGN
v. Assign again or differently. reassignment n.
REASSURE
v. (-ring) 1 restore confidence to; dispel the apprehensions of.
- confirm in an opinion or impression. reassurance n. Reassuring adj.
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