The word Bespoke came from the 1600's and meant something had "Been spoken for."
The modern use of the word bespoke means to be custom made exactly to a customers personal preference with absolutely no level of detail or expense spared.
I went to Honk Kong to buy a beautiful bespoke tailor made suit. Even with the travel and hotel costs, it was still a fraction of the cost of what it would be to have onemade by a tailor on Savile Row.
a gimmicky marketing term used by people of low intelligence, who can't come up with a better description of their product, to lure in other people of even lower intelligence to buy said product.
One of the powerful masculin trends for 2008 in fashion. Bespoke tailoring reffers to a particularity of british fashion, but the term 'bespoke' is now extended to all life's domains, as a powerful mark of luxury, an anti-brand/ anti-globalisation reaction.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.