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Out-of-body Experience
An extra-sensory form of travel that thrills the questing soul, although it diminishes the likelihood of returning with decent snapshots. |
Outdoor Sculpture
Unnatural configurations of scrap metal deposited in city parks, college campuses and other urban oases, at the precise locations where they are most likely to obliterate an idyllic vista. |
Overachiever
A swan who was happier as an ugly duckling. |
Overkill
Possessing more than enough to wipe out the opposition, as with nations that stockpile nuclear devices, and celebrities who collect Rolls-Royces like matchbook covers. |
Oxbridge Accent
Used to be a prerequisite for working at the BBC, but now considered almost an impediment. |
Ozone Layer
The earth's own sunscreen, now dwindling sufficiently over the polar regions to produce fried penguins in the south and baked Alaskans up north. |
