Two factory workers are talking.
The woman says, "I can make the boss give me the day off."
The man replies, "And how would you do that?"
The woman says, "Just wait and see." She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling.
The boss comes in and says, "What are you doing?"
The woman replies, "I"m a light bulb."
The boss then says, "You"ve been working so much that you"ve gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off."
The man starts to follow her and the boss says, "Where are you going?"
The man says, "I"m going home, too. I can"t work in the dark."
n.pl. Froth of soap and water. sudsy adj. [low german sudde or dutch sudse marsh, bog]
SUET
n. Hard white fat on the kidneys or loins of oxen, sheep, etc. suety adj. [anglo-french seu, from latin sebum]
SUFI
n. (pl. -s) muslim mystic. sufic adj. Sufism n. [arabic]
SUIT
—n. - set of matching clothes, usu. A jacket and trousers or skirt.
- (esp. In comb.) Clothes for a special purpose (swimsuit).
- any of the four sets (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) making up a pack of cards.
- lawsuit.
- a petition, esp. To a person in authority. B archaic courting a woman (paid suit to her). —v. - go well with (a person's appearance etc.).
- (also absol.) Meet the demands or requirements of; satisfy; agree with.
- make fitting; accommodate; adapt.
- (as suited adj.) Appropriate; well-fitted (not suited to be a nurse). suit oneself do as one chooses. [anglo-french siute]
SULK
—v. Be sulky. —n. (also in pl., prec. By the) period of sullen silence. [perhaps a back-formation from *sulky]
SUMO
n. Japanese wrestling in which a wrestler is defeated by touching the ground with any part of the body except the soles of the feet or by moving outside the ring. [japanese]
SUMP
n. - casing holding the oil in an internal-combustion engine.
- pit, well, hole, etc. In which superfluous liquid collects. [low german or dutch]
SUNG
past part. Of *sing.
SUNK
past and past part. Of *sink.
SURD
math —adj. (of a number) irrational. —n. Surd number, esp. The root of an integer. [latin, = deaf]
