Ballast is a friendly reference to; a mate, sidekick, wife, bitch, girlfriend, boyfriend, trick, pal, etc. but especially the person who rides shotgun with them in their car.
Used by Eddie Haskel to describe Lumpy in an episode of "Leave It To Beaver".
A derogatory name given to a person who is withholding a comment/skill/resource in order to purposefully change the atmosphere in which he is residing by then revealing the sandbagged item.
A person who is a Ballast is one who pretends to have no Snickers when asked, but really does and is just waiting to lower the general mood of his surroundings with the no, then appear bring the mood that much higher when the hidden Snickers have been revealed.
The least attractive female in a group of females. Normally, female friends/aquaintances like to attach ballast to their group to make themselves look better.
Tom: Hey Rob check out that group of hotties over there by the bar.
Rob: Yeah but the one with the huge funbags is so ballast.
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 pee calculus.