Commonly used in the military, the practice of assigning more than one person to a rack/sleeping space, with each person occupying the rack in shifts. This system requires less berthing space on ships and submarines, for example.
In higher education, college and university rankings are determined by any combination of factors. Rankings can be based on subjectively perceived "quality," on some combination of empirical statistics, or on surveys of educators, scholars, students, prospective students, or others. Rankings are often consulted by prospective students and their parents in the university and college admissions process.
The US News and World Report is the most influential ranking in the US. Schools are split into four tiers, with the best being first, and then schools are ranked within each of tier. The first tier is reserved for only the top 50 schools and any college ranked below 50 but above the third tier is part of the second tier. The fourth tier is reserved for the bottom of the barrel colleges and universities.
Some schools are considered so far below average that they don't even garner a college ranking. These include institutions like Walden University and Axia College.
The act of making out while the man is sitting, and the woman is straddling his legs. A combinations of the terms Straddle(n.) and Racking(v.) Often performed on a couch or the back seat of a car.
Guy1: "Dude did you and Emma get together last night?"
Guy2: "Oh ya dude, we were straddle racking in the back seat of my car for half an hour!"
Extensively 1-upping anything and anyone with details that border on impossible
Guy 1: My Camaro is getting a little over 500 horsepower now
Guy 2: Yeah, well my Mini Cooper can fly to space!
Guy 1: Dude, stop fucking rabucking me...
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.