n. An elderly person who, by simply continuing to dress as she or he has since before you were born, unintentionally ends up wearing outfits that would have taken you weeks to put together at your favorite thrift shop (the one that no-one else knows about... yet).
Hipster A: "Hey, did you check out that replacement hipster's pants?"
Hipster B: "Yeah man, I would have given my eyeteeth for those!"
Simply at a level that is easily replaceable.
Derived from the popularbaseball statistic VORP (Value over replacement level)
It can be used to describe anything at a replaceable level; for instance, baseball players, women, or any type of product.
1. During his career, Carlos Baerga was a replacement level infielder.
2. That girl is replacement level, go to any college campus in America (besides John Jay University) and you'll find a ton of better-looking ones.
3. Due to the blurry picture and bad audio, the GE Minicam Pro is a replacement level webcam.
You're insightful if you notice it and think it's good.
You're a conspiracy theorist if you notice it and think it's bad.
Tucker Carlson is engaging in debunked conspiracy theories when he peddles the racist "replacement theory." The government is not using waves of immigrants to replace white Americans.
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.