Originally from Ireland, this all round compliment means you're a great person, you've risen to the occasion and been generally wonderful. It existed before the whole 'movie star' thing so it must relate more to a star in the sky.
Ah, thanks for bringing milk round for our cup of tea, sure you're a star!
Codeword for having sex later that evening/night in "socially unacceptable situations".
My lovely significant other and I were discussing afterlife sex and I proposed that what if new stars formed by gases were spiritually combined by orgasms and pretty much all the stars in the sky are couples in the afterlife glowing cause they're fucking. Surprisingly we weren't high..or at least, I wasn't. XD
"Hey babe, pass the salt? Only if we can make a star tonight." (;
*staring up at the night sky with your significant other*
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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 peecalculus.