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."
shot n. Slang photograph of a face, esp. For police records.
- —n. - a drinking-vessel, usu. Cylindrical with a handle and no saucer. B its contents.
- slang gullible person.
- slang face or mouth. —v. (-gg-) attack and rob, esp. In public. a mug's game colloq. Foolish or unprofitable activity. mugger n. Mugful n. (pl. -s). Mugging n. [scandinavian]
- v. (-gg-) (usu. Foll. By up) slang learn (a subject) by concentrated study. [origin unknown]
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