A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, it’s called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, it’s called a lift."
- touch n. Colloq. Gullible person, esp. Over money.
- —adj. - not hard; easily cut or dented; malleable.
- (of cloth etc.) Smooth; fine; not rough.
- (of wind etc.) Mild, gentle.
- (of water) low in mineral salts and lathering easily.
- (of light or colour etc.) Not brilliant or glaring.
- (of sound) gentle, not loud.
- (of a consonant) sibilant (as c in ice, s in pleasure).
- (of an outline etc.) Vague, blurred.
- gentle, conciliatory. 10 compassionate, sympathetic. 11 feeble, half-witted, silly, sentimental. 12 colloq. (of a job etc.) Easy. 13 (of drugs) not highly addictive. 14 (also soft-core) (of pornography) not highly obscene. 15 (of currency) likely to fall in value; not readily exchangeable into other currencies. —adv. Softly. be soft on colloq. - be lenient towards.
- be infatuated with. Have a soft spot for be fond of. softish adj. Softly adv. Softness n. [old english]
SOIL
pipe n. Discharge-pipe of a lavatory.
- n. - upper layer of earth in which plants grow.
- ground belonging to a nation; territory (on french soil). [latin solium seat, solum ground]
- —v. - make dirty; smear or stain.
- defile; discredit. —n. - dirty mark.
- filth; refuse. [french soill(i)er]
SOLA
n. Pithy-stemmed e. Indian swamp plant. [urdu]
- topi n. Sun-helmet made from the pith of the sola plant.
SOLD
past and past part. Of *sell. —adj. (foll. By on) colloq. Enthusiastic about.
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