place inside all of us where we are all happy and get the warm fuzzies. our happy places are insulated from the shitheads that make up just about everyone we encounter.
The mental state achieved when one wants to avoid the unpleasant or uncomfortble. Everyone's happy place is different, and usually consists of the things that make them joyous.
Mindlessidiot: "...and so I was like, that's so disgusting. You should get that checked out, and he goes..."
Semi-saneperson: "Dude, shut the crap up. I'm in my happy place!"
(Mindless idiot continues rambling aimlessly until Semi-sane person smacks them with a bag of frozen fish sticks.)
When chanted to oneself repeatedly serves to conjure a positive memory, either fictional or real, that inspires optimism and hope during a time of despair, fear, or general malaise.
Peach, the starfish in Finding Nemo says hurriedly, "Find a happy place, find a happy place, find a happy place!" as a coping mechanism when the heavy-fingered niece of the dentist, Darla, taps on the glass of the aquarium.
1. A psychologically-induced trance-like state, where a person may regress from a stressful situation. A person may go to their 'happy place' when trying to repress unhappy memories from their childhood.
2. A person whom is resting & de-stressing from work.
1. "Oh, look at little Jonny. He's in his happy place. Poorkid's been through a lot." Though, Jonny remains depressed.
2. "Susan is at her happy place again." But really, Susan is contemplating killing everyone at her workplace.
A destination, location, world where all your friends and loved ones are together. This "place" is not one, but many. It is anywhere you feel the most "at home" and yourself. It is where you can have fun, smile, laugh, and get excited.
Whenever all of us are together, I am in in my "happy Place"
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.
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.
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.