laymans

Terms designed to be understood by those unfamiliar with the art in question.

Person 1: FDISK uses binary megabytes when displaying drive and partition sizes, not decimal megabytes.

Person2: Laymans terms please

Person 1: Complicated program counts numbers differently to usual

by Dr.Evil July 26, 2004

Laymans Terms

Something someone slightly slow, like Parker, would understand.

Laymans Terms: Parker has a lot of shit under her arm.

by Urban Dictionary (Admin) March 30, 2009

Layman's Terms

Explaining difficult stuff in an easy to understand manner

For example instead of:
"The geological force, resulted in extreme vibration of the terra surface."

Say it in Layman's Terms:
"There was an earthquake."

by GaryTheGoose April 4, 2020

layman

layman is a term used to describe a person that is not a professional at a specific task or field.

Peter was a layman in computer science

by peter.eggman January 14, 2007

layman's terms

To put something in layman's terms is to describe a complex or technical issue using words and terms that the average individual (someone without professional training in the subject area) can understand, so that they may comprehend the issue to some degree.

Instead of saying:

"You need a new piston, valve guides, stator, and counter-shaft balancer"

In layman's terms you'd say:

"There are some internal parts that need replaced"

by stealth17 October 9, 2006

laymanise

(verb) To simplify or reduce a word or sentence to layman's terms.

"Please could you laymanise that for me?"
"I needed to laymanise my presentation for the general audience."

by YSoliman July 26, 2012

in layman's terms

Easily understandable; not in complicated technical jargon.

Javier: "What'd you do last night, dude? I didn't see you at Jose's big party. There were mad smokin' chicks there man."
Pedro: "Well, my amicable acquaintance, I engaged in an act of copulation with your maternal entity in which I inserted my genitalia into her rectal cavity. The aforementioned encounter was extremely pleasurable to both parties involved."
Javier: "What?"
Pedro: "In layman's terms, 'Dude,I banged your mom indabutt, and it was reeeeeal gooooood.'"
Javier: "WHAT THE FUCK? You're dead, essay!"

by Nick D October 27, 2004