Regular kids:
A = Great
B = Good
C = Average
D = Okay
F = Bad
Asians:
A = Average
B = Below average
C = Can't have dinner
D = Don't come home
F = Find a new family
Asian: *crying*
Other kid: Why are you so sad?
Asian: Cuz I have a B+!
Other kid: Well I have a C- and my parents think that's pretty good
Asian: On the Asian grading scale, B's are below average
Other kid: Sorry
A = Average
B = Below Average
C = Crap
D = Don't come home
F = Find a new family
Asian: Crap, I got a D for biology, can I come to your house?
Friend: What do you mean?
Asian: In our Asian grading scale, Im not allowed to go home anymore
Typical Asian Grading Scale as found on California primarily Asian high school's website:
A= Average B= Bad
C= Catastrophe
D= Disowned
F= Forgotten Forever...
Now you know why we spend half our times buried in a book. Doesn't this asian grading scale answer so much? To our parents, this does not seem harsh. Go figure.
A teacher who mercilessly grades students' papers, tests, etc., looking for any mistakes at all and taking an extreme number of points off for any mistakes found.
"Dude, Mrs. L graded my math test yesterday, and she took 6 points off--on a 4 point question! What a fucking Grading Nazi!"
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.