She’s the most beautiful girl you’ll ever meet, both inside and out. She’s very well-guarded, so it might take time for her to open up her heart to anyone. But once she does, it might not be all rainbows and butterflies, but it’s close to perfect as you can possibly imagine. Consider yourself the luckiest guy in the world if she chooses you. She is amazing, she is one in a million; and yet most of the time she doesn’t even know it. You will love a Joxanne, but I bet it’s not as much as she’ll love you!
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 pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).