the belief and/or personality that wherever you are or live is immune to earthquakes simply because you are present there
Link has an ego-seismic personality and thinks that the only reason North Carolinanever had an earthquake when he was there simply because he was present.
Similar to egocentric, or believing that oneself has influenced the course of a storm or waves for example, egoseismic is believing that one has influenced seismic activity.
On the YouTube show Good Mythical Morning hosted by Rhett and Link, Link jokes that their move from North Carolina to California has caused earthquakes to stop occurring in California and start happening in North Carolina. Rhett then tells him that is called being egocentric, at which point Link corrects him saying that it would be called egoseismic.
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.