A state of existential dread produced when you have earned a lot of money from your investments and are afraid of losing it, but you're still a long way off from achieving financial independence and would need to take significant risks to get there.
A figure on a screen is a demonizing and negative word directed as an insult to someone you communicate with in your daily life, but do not respect or value as an actual friend. A figure on a screen is not a friend at all to the person expressing this word.
Person A speaking to Person B: You are a Figure on a screen to me and you mean nothing more , however James is an actual friend to me.
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 pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).