Someone who constantly talks about the same thing over and over again as if they had no idea that they were notorious for talking about the same thing over and over again.
"I hate to be a one note johnny but goddamn, <insert hockey reference here>"
A one-hitter who repeats the same tired mantra over and over. It's used to described some shrill, tired ideologue or academic that pompously echoes some quaint notion or idea endlessly, and expects everyone to see his supposed wisdom and bow in concurrence.
Bruce is Johnny One-Note. He thinks the solution to the nation's debt crisis is the government continually spending more and more. Following his counsel will only worsen the predicament.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).