This phrase has been popularized of late. It refers to a weather system that is bringing lots of precipitation. It's like a river of water but in the sky or atmosphere. It's what we once referred to as a rain storm or rainy weather. An extended period of rain.
Citizens in western British Columbia are concerned about flooding due to an Atmospheric River heading towards the Province.
A really difficult series of undergraduate and an almost impossible series of graduate Meteorology courses where you are forced, against your will, to derive a lot of pointless shit. Avoid at all costs.
Syn: Succubus, Marriage, Graduate School, and any other thing that leaves the victim completely devoid of a life.
Condescending geek speak for suggesting that your power cord is unplugged. Used to make people with social lives to feel as though they've been bested by a being whose diet consists primarily of Cheetos and Mountain Dew.
User: My computer won't turn on.
IT Guy: Perhaps it's a PEBKAC error, or your AC cable may be experiencing atmospheric impedance.
User: Atmos...? Ooooh! Heh, very clever. I'll have to share that one with my hot girlfriend.
There are a bunch of disembodied dicks and assholes floating in the sky and they are fucking so fast that the air around it absorbs the energy, forming the image of a cloud. Except all the assholes are yours.
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.