Definitions of ‘O’ Words

1. (n) A squid painfully limited to precisely eight legs found at aquaria and fish mongeries

SEE ALSO: OCTOFOOT

1. (n) Placebo type cure administered verbally against sadness despite its absolute ineffectiveness 2. (n) Permission given for something inevitable, i.e., “Take your medicine, okay?” Answer is always clearly “no” but irrelevant 3. (n) Total and complete permission to perform any action or desired action again

1. (n) Mystical label used to lend favor, credence or priority to someone who is bigger 2. (n) A time when one will be allowed to experience a wide range of enticing and perhaps even forbidden events such as chores

SEE ALSO: CHORES

1. (n) Mama’s pediatrician whom she dislikes and fears. Also, Mama doesn’t get a sticker, just a bill. The lollipops offered there are suspect to say the least, and the gum is far from chewable

SEE ALSO: GUM

1. (n) The apex destination when climbing all over a younger siblings head 2. (v) Way in which a light switch can be flipped after bedtime for prolonged play and increased trouble

SEE ALSO: BEDTIME

1. (n) Cooking lubricant so tasty the world would go to war over it, if it hasn’t already

1. (n) A place more fun and enticing than inside 2. (n) The gateway to bye-bye and bye-bye related places 3. (n) The home to rocks, leaves and pinecones

SEE ALSO: PINE CONES

1. (n) Fragile juice-filled softballs that respond poorly to baseball bats and cause even worse reactions from those whose heads inadvertently stop them

1. (n) A squid-like creature commonly found in aquariums, Asian Grocers and my playpen, and sometimes even on girls faces or in the frying pan but never on my plate. Similar to an octopus, but without tennis shoes, I think.

1. (n) An age signifying a transition from the “terrifying zeros” 2. (n) Representative number of people or things matching a single finger often suggested in negotiation 3. (n) A limit to how much of something a person is allowed 4. (n) The first of three numbers in a request for behavior modification; i.e., “Give that back to your brother or you’re in big trouble, mister! One! Two! Three!”

SEE ALSO: FINGER

1. (n) A wee little flesh wound, treated with hugs, kisses and Band-Aids

SEE ALSO: BAND-AID