A small store which has a lot of candy and other junk food. It also has coffee and other caffine filled beverages. some of them have bathrooms which are dirty as shit and smell worse. A lot of them are next to gas stations so you get sucked in to the store and buy a shit load of candy when you see it. The most famous probably being 7 11 but a lot are just one-of-a-kind stores which are basically the same as 7 11. They are also targeted for crime like shop lifting or a simple cash register robbery.
guy 1: I went into a convience store the other day went to the shitty bathroom, bought too much candy and when i was almost out the door some guy robbed the cash register
someone who is your last resort to hang out with, and only because no one else could come or answer.
Mark: "Why were you hanging out with Scott the other day"
Tom: "Well you know, hes my convience buddy, so we hung out cause u werent around"
Mark: "Oh yeah."
Tom: "He annoyed the fuck out of me though, he'll never stop talking."
Checkpoint confidence is the feeling of safety you get after earning a checkpoint in a video game, that ups your tendency to do risky things now that you know you won't lose your last bit of hard earned progress if you are immediately killed.
"Why are you suddenly rushing them, Gavin? You'll die!"
"Yeah well I have checkpoint confidence right now."
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.