Thom Yorke of Radiohead prefaced a live performance of the song 'Fog', comparing it to the studio version: "...this is a better version of it...unless I cock it up, in which case, it's not"
-Term used by Grace's mother on the series "Will and Grace" in the episode where Grace eloped with her boyfriend.
-Means don't screw a good thing up.
Ex1: You're already the favorite for the promotion, don't cock it up by pushing your boss for more vacation time just before the promotion decision is made.
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.