A period of absence from work granted to a mother before and after the birth of her child, in a pandemic; with little or no physical support from medical professionals/family/friends and little or no access to activities typically associated with maternity leave, due to pandemic restrictions.
1. referring to a general state of machismo affecting persons over a vast geographical area.
2. a highly contagious state of brodaciousness, or brovado, raising levels of brogesterone to dangerous levels.
What began as a modest brodown soon escalated into a full-fledged mandemic as hordes of the broletariat, as well as the brogeousie, converged on the streets, almost as if the brozone layer itself were replete with brogesterone and raining it down upon bros en masse.
The social epidemic that we’re currently in (2021) where most men are emotionally immature, unable or unwilling to have adult/responsible communication, and whose feelings get hurt/play the victim when their female partners assert any kind of concern or boundary.
It doesn’t matter what city or town you live in, the mandemic has swept the nation. Finding an emotionally evolved man is like finding a needle in a haystack wherever you are.
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.