The Tuesday after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. After battling hordes of other middle aged mothers in stores or ignoring their friends and loved ones in lieu of staring at ads on a computer screen for hours on end, people wake up the next day and realize that the season is supposed to be about love and charity. So they scrape together what few pennies they have left over from the previous day's spending and donate it to cancer research.
Despite occurring less than a week after Thanksgiving, people need another holiday to remind them not to be such selfish assholes. Thus, Giving Tuesday was born.
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.