A typical Magic: the Gathering website with a message board. The message board is unusually popular though, and has an expansive community and history.
n. Not in stock but some more are coming; aka: you're going to keel over before they actually get it in stock because they have your money already and don't give a shit if you get the product.
Those bitches at amphotoworld.com said my camera was in stock but it was actually backordered.
when you hear that this item has to be backordered, it means you're fucked. often it's a smaller piece infrequently needed for a larger thing, but will be critical for your needs. is not being massively shipped to every convenient location near you, may have fallen out of favor over time. comes from like one place far away, and often takes it's sweet time to travel, because the company seems to not care to expedite it. it's like they don't really care about selling it anymore.
we'll have to backorder those cables/batteries/broken antenna piece /whatever. anything proprietary and rare.
something you bought online that is not in stock and you will have to wait months and months to receive your merchandise. you will be very pissed.
wow, the relapse website said my cephalic carnage shirt was in stock when i purchased it, but what i got was an email saying that they received my payment but the item is backordered. god this sucks ass.
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.