Judge: so you’re saying shooting him 56 times, reloading the revolver multiple times, was unintentional?
Defendant: well, i see how you can see that must have required intent with the multiple pauses to reload. But it wasn’t unintentional. It was, midtentional!
Judge to bailing: lock this loony up in the asylum!
Derisive synonym for "Nazi", used with the facetious implication that Nazi ideology was a uniquely German ethnic phenomenon. Also used to simply avoid saying the proper name on a platform (such as YouTube) which penalizes bringing up the Midcentury Germans, and/or as a defense against Godwin's Law.
Person 1: *starts to make a point*
Person 2: You sound just like HITLER!
Person 1: No. The Midcentury Germans were bad, obviously, now may I make my point?
Middenthealism describes the idea of the existence of a mysterious world in the cracks of reality. This space and this so called "In-between" seems very familiar to explorers though it still makes people feel like they don't belong. It is true because people shouldn't be able to escape reality.
It is basically the idea of something in the middle of realism and surrealism.
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.