A High Pitched Battle Cry Used by the best fighters, or certain martial artists. Two Well Known fighters and manly badasses who use this shout are Bruce Lee, and Kenshiro, of the Anime, Fist Of the North Star.
It strengthens attacks, pwns enemies, and makes you look badass. if you repeat ATA, as ATATATATATA!!!! then you're probably throwing rapid barrages of punches at some poor motherfucker.
It also variates into "WATA!!!" "ATOU!" and various other similar shouting.
He struck the man with a fist to the face, shouting ATA in the process. needless to say the bitch was pwned. WATA!!!
He shot a Hundred rapid Fists at the man, and each punch was in sync of his shouts: ATATATATA
Magnus: what happend?
Rebel "ataata" Patrick: rules are made to be broken Patrick looks dramatically at the light comming out of the window to be dramatic.
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.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murdererused a serrated blade.
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.