Have you ever had a dream. That you could, um, you would...you had a .....that you should....you could..you...you thought....you had...you could...you wanted to do it so much you could do anything? (That one vine)
The thing your parents and teachers encourage when you are a kid, only for it to start getting crushed by life.
Kid: "mommy, I want to be a doctor when I grow up"
Mother: "yes son you can achieve anything!"
~kid grows up to the last year of high school~
Kid:"mom I am going to be a bartender"
Mother:"what happened to your dream of wanting to become a doctor?"
Kid:"life.... and my grades"
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 peecalculus.