The cascading flab that cliff-hangs over a belt buckle, or in particular, a pair of tight fitting hipster jeans. Most commonly seen on chubby pubescent girls.
Alt Def: When the flesh rolls of a morbidly obeseindividualland on you while sitting at a sporting event, public performance, or on a plane, bus, or train.
Ex. Jack almost got buried in a fatalanche when a giant fat kidsat next to him at the Tiger’s game.
An overwhelming display of information and data with limited insightful analysis. A presentation with excessive amounts of pure data that is not accompanied with straightforward conclusions and has not undergone rigorous processing.
General McChrystal's Powerpoint presentation was a datalanche. For an hour he showed us numbers and charts, but in the end there was no meaningful message or purpose.
Generally used to describe a situation where one persons faffing causes a series of faffs from several people, usually resulting in delay.
These faffs would most likely have not occured were it not for the initial faffer, therefore they have caused a faffalanche.
Example 1: Group of people just about ready to leave the house.
Person 1: "Taxi's here!"
Person 2: "Oh, hang on, im going to change my shirt"
Person 3: "I might change mine if you are"
Person 4: "Im going to use the toilet while you do that"
Person 5: "Im going to grab another beer then"
A faffalanche has been caused.
Example 2:
Person 2: "I might change my shirt"
Person 1: "Don't, the taxi's here and you'll cause a faffalanche"
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.