Someone who is really smart and switched-on about stuff - especially technology. Someone who can envision curious opportunities that other people don't see. Pretty much a genius who roars off and leaves people in the wake of their intellect...
"Hey, you know that Harry has just developed this out-of-left-field app that will make phone batteries last 10 times longer? Google have paid him about 200 mill..."
"Oh man, brilliant. That guy is such a sparkarse..!"
"Oh man, brilliant. That guy is such a sparkarse..!"
by bill cauliflower November 01, 2017
"Ok, I know you loved that meal, but there's no need to perform culinarilingus on the goddam plate...!"
by bill cauliflower June 27, 2016
Liv: "Man it sucks to be a musician, I had about 20 gigs in the next two months and the venues had to C-19 all of them!"
Ellie: "I know, right! All of mine got C-19'd as well."
Ellie: "I know, right! All of mine got C-19'd as well."
by bill cauliflower April 05, 2020
A person who - either due to their naturally-pessimistic personality or by temporary difficult circumstances - is gloomy and miserable, and finds it hard to see the positive side of anything.
"Hey Bill, you seem pretty down, what's going on?"
"Sorry, I'm a bit of a glumdudgeon at the moment. Lost my job, and then my girlfriend, and it looks like I now need to find another place to live, so everything's totally crappy, really..."
"Awww. Sorry to hear that."
"Mmmmm, thanks. Hey, now that I don't have a girlfriend, do you want to catch up for a drink sometime...?"
"Not til you're well and truly out of that glumdudgeon mode, boyo..."
"Sorry, I'm a bit of a glumdudgeon at the moment. Lost my job, and then my girlfriend, and it looks like I now need to find another place to live, so everything's totally crappy, really..."
"Awww. Sorry to hear that."
"Mmmmm, thanks. Hey, now that I don't have a girlfriend, do you want to catch up for a drink sometime...?"
"Not til you're well and truly out of that glumdudgeon mode, boyo..."
by bill cauliflower January 25, 2024
"We really need to get this done quick. As they say, 'A stitch in time heals all wounds.' "
"Is that a proverb...?"
"Mmmm. Maybe not. It might be an improverb..."
"Is that a proverb...?"
"Mmmm. Maybe not. It might be an improverb..."
by bill cauliflower February 14, 2019
(1) A meeting with someone in your past, at a location significant to you both; or (2) A secret meeting with an ex, pretty much for horizontal recreation
This word also has the added benefit of a strong linguistic alignment with 'deja vu' (hey, I've been here before...)
This word also has the added benefit of a strong linguistic alignment with 'deja vu' (hey, I've been here before...)
"Hi Claire, I know it's been a while, but I have to see you again. Please? I won't tell Amy if you don't tell Brad - can we have a little retrezvous at that hotel we used to go to in the city?"
by bill cauliflower August 13, 2016
(adv.) Never. The exact opposite of '24-7'. That is, something that takes up absolutely none of your time.
"What about Kristina, do you ever think about her these days...?"
"After what she did to me, I think about her zero-7, to be honest."
"After what she did to me, I think about her zero-7, to be honest."
by bill cauliflower April 18, 2020