A prolonged session of banter. That is having amusing, sometimes nonsensical, chat with friends or just generally having fun. The word is derived by combining banter with marathon (since a marathon is a 26 mile long race and thus
takes a long time to complete).
1.'What work did you do in class today?'
'We didn't do any work at all. We just sat around chatting. It was a total bantathon!'
2.'Are you going over to Paul's tonight?'
'Yeh of course, it'll be a bantathon.'
Man: "Hey, how'd you break your leg?"
Woman: "Oh, I slipped on a peel at the Banathalon. I did pretty well in swimming portion but then I lost focus because I was feeling bloated from eating all those fucking bananas, my wheel hit a peel and I squealed and crashed."
1. A form of sport we don't often see or know about, it goes like this: There are two men with a ball on the field, and the one who gets chosen to start throws the ball at the other guy's stomach, trying to make him puke. Then the other man does the same, and this goes on until at least one of them pukes.
2. Canadian vegetable, round and blue. Has been used in the ancient version of the sport batathon, thus the name.
if brendon gillan and his band were to battle with other bands, it could potentially be called a bandathon. though most would call it battle of the bands.
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.