Oxford Dictionary's Latest Definitions

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    Oxford Dictionary's Latest Definitions

    Divorce :
    Future tense of marriage.

    Cigarette :
    A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool on the other.

    Lecture :
    An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through the minds of either

    Conference :
    The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

    Compromise :
    The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

    Tears :
    The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water power

    Dictionary :
    A place where success comes before work.

    Conference Room :
    A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.

    Classic :
    A book which people praise, but do not read.

    Smile :
    A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

    Office :
    A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

    Yawn :
    The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

    Etc. :
    A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

    Committee :
    Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

    Experience :
    The name men give to their mistakes.

    Atom Bomb :
    An invention to end all inventions.

    Philosopher :
    A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.

    Diplomat :
    A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

    Opportunist :
    A person who starts taking bath if he accident all falls into a river.

    Optimist :
    A person who while falling from Eiffel tower says in midway "See I am not injured yet."

    Miser :
    A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

    Father :
    A banker provided by nature.

    Criminal :
    A guy no different from the rest . . . . except that he got caught.

    Boss :
    Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

    Politician :
    One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

    Doctor :
    A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.
     

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