The act of engaging in romantic/scandalous activity with a person that lives on the same floor as you. Most commonly happens in college dorms or apartments.
person 1: So yeah, I started hooking up with that girlHannah from down the hall.
flirt + (ro)mance. A casual, highly flirtatious relationship, sometimes for personal gain. Pop culture origins: Used by Will and Mike "Boogie" in US Big Brother Season 7.
Will was creating a flirtmance with Janelle to get her to keep him in the Big Brother house.
A desireable property of solidity and permanence, a state in which everything is known, assured and grokked.
"Look, we'll have to postpone that conversation about how crap you are at your job until I have some firmanence that the company will still be in existence tomorrow."
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.