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1. Ususally implying that someone is a useless piece of crap.
2. Situation where there is no upside, therefore the only way out is to commit suicide and/or, be killed.
3. Suggests pain will not yield, and only escape is death.
1. Sera: Ryan is so inept and a waste of skin.
Tish: Yeah, he'd be better off dead.
2. Elisabeth is going to be trapped at the psycho ward, and she's sane. She feels like she'd be better off dead.
Used to imply that someone's life is so inconsequential, that they would be worth more to the world if their flesh was cured and smoked into delicious people-bacon.
Man 1: While you were gone, that hot girl from the bar called to see if you wanted to go out on friday. I told her you'd have to check with your parole officer.
Man 2: Dude, you'd be better off bacon.
3. "I hope you don't mind but I have a hangup about having sex with the lights on. Can I turn out the lights so I can fantasize that you're a different girl?"
4. "I really don't care how you look right now. Let's do it."
Girl, don't take this the wrong way, but you look better with the lights off...
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.