Can be found onland or offland. If onland usually a subset of the homosapiens. If offland, a type of frog. What has interested researchers to date is that both types of cavitha's have similar characteristics. Big bulbous eyes (rolling in their sockers)and a squat figure. The homosapien kind have big foreteeth and round nose.
a city in present-day Tunisia, but in ancient Roman times it was home to the Carthaginians. The carthage empire extended into spain, much of north africa, corsica, sardina, and sicily. Fought against the Romans in the 3 Punic wars in which they lost in all. The great Hannibal was also a general for the Carthaginians.
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1. Short form of Carthag The Pernicious, an ancient being of unspeakable horror. Carthag writes the Arts and Culture section for the popular satire site Monkey-Breath.com and reviews films on rottentomatoes.com.
1. Carthag will destroy all with his imperceptible power!
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.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).