A person with extremely eccentric/odd behavior and mannerisms that are seemingly oblivious to the world around them, to the extent that it seems like they are from another planet. They are simultaneously retards and geniuses, at once both completely insane and utterly lucid. They can be very awesome, due to their general uniqueness and different way of thinking. They can also be very annoying, due to the fact that, while they are physically on Earth, they are, mentally, paying a visit to their Martian relatives.
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Alice: Timmy just finished telling me how he accidentally turned his bedroom into the Mendelbrot set.
Bob: That guy's an EPIC cloudcuckoolander. Just go with it.
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).