1. A Jamaican bad boy
2. A 70s yoot who listens to ska music
3. A londoner (+ surrounding counties) who listens to jungle, d+b, breakbeat, reggae, ragga
4. An insult term for anyone who wears a baseball cap
1. Dis roodbwoy inna de yard im shot de bwoy
2. Roodbwoys listened to The Specials, and wore black and white checks
3. "Bad boys inna London-a, roodbwoys inna england, bad boys inna your corner, roodbwoys inna kingston, watcha" from Original Nuttah by UK Apache + Shy FX ('94 junglist tune)
4. I was busy slashing my wrists to the Nirvana concert when all these roodbwoys came round and started shouting at me
Equivalent to a paperboy but then with the focus on delivering roots (and occasionly rootbeer!).
Man: What the hell is all that junk doing in the front yard?Woman: the rootboy came again....
Man: Great... I just don't get WHY he keeps filling our yard with roots and rootbeer, this is just so f*cked up... it serves absolutely no purpose... sigh.. i'll get the broom.... and visit the cops again... why did we want live here again?
Someone who dresses and speaks like a faggot, pretends to have a lot of money and carries extensive amounts of cash ("G") in his trouser pockets. Rootboys are laughable characters.
Example of rootboy talk: "If you hang with the G, you gotta carry G".
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.