Pippi is the voice of those without, an anarchist-feminist (and possibly socialist) Swedish childrens' book charachter from the 60's and 70's.
Together with her two best friends Tommy and Annika, 8-ish year old Pippi sails the world, beats up grown men, carries her horse, adopts a monkey, meets her father - the pirate Blue Beard and - above all- swears to never grow up.
I am NOT doing the laundry two days before I actually run out of clean clothes - I mean you have to ask yourself What Would Pippi Longstocking Do?
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 peecalculus.