A website connecting entrepreneurs to suppliers and manufacturers that are mainly in China. Some people think it's a scam but they just forgot to do their due diligence on their supplier.
My friend needed a high profit margin on his ashtrays, so he went to alibaba.com to lower his manufacturing cost.
Buyer: "What's the best price you can give me on 100,000 units?"
Seller: "On 100,000 we can do $2 a unit"
Buyer: "Great, I'll need 100 at that price as a sample"
A recipient of the postgraduate computer science scholarship, offered by the Chinese tech Alibaba, which is notorious for condoning fake and pirated goods on its e-commerce site—one who could be recruited as a “rogue hacker” or cyber terrorist for the Chinese Communist Party.
As a recent Alibaba graduate from Singapore, Jack couldn’t turn down the million-dollar job offer to work for one of Alibaba’s security departments, where he’s unspokenly expected to hack foreign IT systems to steal intelligence information for China’s military.
Usually a turban wielder, it is the soul ready to be sacrificed for the loins of Allah. Usually willing to do anything for ownership 71 virgins regardless of sex or size in another dimension or something. Any person named murillo
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.