Oasis.
An inn in the desert.
O24 entries
Obscenity.
All scientific words derived from Greek and Latin conceal an obscenity.
Octogenarian.
Applies to any elderly man.
Odalisques.
All women in the Orient are odalisques. (See Bayaderes.)
Odeon.
Joke about its remoteness.
Odor (foot).
A sign of health.
Offenbach.
On hearing his name, hold two fingers of the right hand close together, to preserve yourself from the evil eye; it looks very fashionable and Parisian.
Old.
Always "prematurely."
Oldest inhabitants.
In times of flood, thunderstorm, etc., the oldest inhabitants cannot remember ever having seen a worse one.
Olive oil.
Never good. You should have a friend in Marseille who sends you a small barrel of it.
Omega.
Second letter of the Greek alphabet, since everybody always says: "The alpha and omega of..."
Omnibus.
Never a seat to be found. Were invented by Louis XIV. "Let me tell you, sir, that I can remember tricycles when they had only three wheels."
Opera (wings of the).
Mohammed's heaven on earth.
Optimist.
Synonym for imbecile.
Oration (funeral).
Any sermon of Bossuet's.
Orchestra.
Symbol of society: each plays his part and there is a leader.
Orchitis.
Gentleman's disease.
Order (law and).
How many crimes are committed in thy name! (See Liberty.)
Organ music.
Lifts the soul upwards to God.
Orientalist.
Far-flung traveller.
Original.
Make fun of everything that is original, hate it, beat it down, annihilate it if you can.
Ostrich.
Will digest a stone.
Otter.
Created to make caps and waistcoats.
Oysters.
Nobody eats them any more: too expensive!