A term used by people to justify actions or slang they use (which may be considered offensive or socially embarrassing) as being used to sarcastically make fun of people who do these things in full sincerity.
"open" society is a nefarious project funded by spooky dude george soros to strip people of their ability to exercise their God given liberty.
The 'open' bit is the irony. Direct democracy only seems brilliant to the poorly educated. One needs a democratic republic and not a direct democracy to live well -- provided one's elected representatives are honorable, educated, and active in their respective faith.
You though the chairman was bad wait until you find yourself living under the ironically named open society.
When you now have so much time on your hands that you don't know what to do. The irony being that when you did have stuff to do you were meant to be doing something else.
watching stupid videos on youtube when you were meant to be revising for an exam. Now the exam is over watching videos does not seem that entertaining, and nor does anything else for that matter, making you ironically bored.
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.