Just one more level syndrome is when a person is playing a video game and the person is unable to stop playing. They continue to play and think they will stop playing after they complete the level and when they do complete the level they just think they'll stop after they complete the next one and so on. The gamerwill continue to play despite needing to do other things such as: socializing, doing jobs, going to work, going to the toilet, sleeping, eating and anything else. In more severe cases of Just one more level syndrome people will waste away and die. While they play they will continually think they will stop playing once the level is complete.
Matthew suffered from Just one more level syndrome and was playing a game on his Xbox 360 and it was 3am and he needed to go to sleep. Matthew intended to complete the level and go to bed and when he did finish the level he thought "Just one more level" and he played through the next level. This carried on until Matthew completed the game and upon completetion he thought "Just one more game." Matthew was not able to sleep until he ran out of games.
Household code (sometimes unspoken) that defines how siblings or friends take turns playing a video game that is single player or when there is not 2+ controllers.
Little Sally and Billy are taking turns playing Super Mario Bros. Sally is first, and Billy is waiting his turn. Sally walks into the first Goomba in World 1-1. Noob.
Billy: "My turn!!" *snatches controller*
Sally: "But I just started! No fair!"
Billy is correctly exemplifying the One Life/Level Rule. Sally needs to learn how not to be a scrub.
Household code that defines how siblings or friends take turns playing a video game that is single player or when there is not 2+ controllers. If you die or beat a level, pass the controller.
Little Sally and Billy are taking turns playing Super Mario Bros. Sally is first, and Billy is waiting his turn. Sally walks into the first Goomba in World 1-1. Noob.
Billy: "My turn!!" *snatches controller*
Sally: "But I just started! No fair!" *cries to mommy*
Billy is correctly exemplifying the One Life/Level Rule. Sally needs to learn how not to be a scrub.
Just one more level syndrome is when a person is playing a video game and the person is unable to stop playing. They continue to play and think they will stop playing after they complete the level and when they do complete the level they just think they'll stop after they complete the next one and so on. The gamerwill continue to play despite needing to do other things such as: socializing, doing jobs, going to work, going to the toilet, sleeping, eating and anything else. In more severe cases of Just one more level syndrome people will waste away and die. While they play they will continually think they will stop playing once the level is complete.
Matthew suffered from Just one more level syndrome and was playing a game on his Xbox 360 and it was 3am and he needed to go to sleep. Matthew intended to complete the level and go to bed and when he did finish the level he thought "Just one more level" and he played through the next level. This carried on until Matthew completed the game and upon completetion he thought "Just one more game." Matthew was not able to sleep until he ran out of games.
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).