When asked a question (any question) to which one thinks you know the answer, the verb to "Johnson" is to waffle, procrastinate and create sufficient bluster so as to fool, create absolute confusion and go off on a tangent, leaving the questioning party stunned and bemused.
To hide your absolute incompetence, or unpreparedness, or lack of understanding/comprehension by spouting totally
irrelevant bullshit, including latin or greek which nobody understands, as an answer to a valid and simple question. When said with the unsolicited self-confidence of an expensive
Conservative-funded public school education, the "Johnson" answer can be pulled from the
bag in absolutely any circumstance.
I asked Boris what he'd like for dinner last night, and i got such a "Johnson" answer, i couldn't remember my name and i'd lost
25 minutes of my life. I felt like i'd been
hit by a fucking bus. I do vaguely remember him spouting some shit about the
Bermuda Triangle and what happened to Michael Jackson. I won't be doing that again.