Detective Inspector Lestrade from the Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
(Played by Rupert Graves in the BBC version.)
Sherlock can never seem to remember his name...
The state of being so far left-wing in ideology, it gives the impression person afflicted must be mentally handicapped - read: Retarded, to have such opinions.
She's so caught up in her ignorant, delusional ideology that facts and logic mean absolutely nothing to her. That moron is so pathetically leftarded.
A slightly more PC way to say that someone is incredibly stupid, lacking in intelligence and also intolerably annoying (Credit goes to Dan Savage of The Stranger Seattle's Only Newspaper).
sales rep 1: "Gawd this customer is so dumb, she doesn't know the difference between USB and parallel"
sales rep 2: "How leotarded"
Ben is such a fucking leotard, he got arrested for trying to break into his neighbors house when he was drunk because he thought he lived there.
A chubby, quarrelsome, curry guzzling chap who is a burden to himself and those around him. Used to be an market trader who's business dwindled. Hence the name "Les-trade"
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.