a phenomenon where a beautiful person appears to be in a state of discomfort, almost as if they were constipated, when they know their picture is being taken.
"Chandler what is the matter with your face?" - Friends s7e5
"Did you check out the prom pics? What's up with your face, you look like you have a case of photographic constipation."
The ability to to recall images or texts with unfailing accuracy. Lots of peoplethink its fake, but I can confirm it is real I have it.
It is not fair, this kid doesn't study for tests because he has a photographic memory; he can memorize power points and textbook pages just by looking at them once.
The gentlemen-like way of requesting pictures. More so than "PICS NAO" is anyway.
Person 1: "She then took her panties off and kissed my tophat and monocle!"
Person 2: "Attractive Britishwoman you say?! Photographic evidence posthaste!"
When your memory of a party derives from photographs of the event rather than the event itself, because you were too fuckingdrunk to remember any of it.
Yeeeah, well I don't reallyremember any of Friday night, but I saw all the pictures, so I do have a really good photographic memory!
The act of catching a subject completely off-guard with a camera, capturing them in an awkward, unaware, or unflattering state without their permission or readiness.
I encountered photographic assault when while sprawled on the grass, sipping my coffee, my friendsnapped a photo of me.
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).