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sand dancing 

The act of 'muscling in' on someone who is chatting to a member of the opposite sex. Generally happens at a bar. A friend of yours may be talking to an attractive person, you go up and start chatting with the two of them, shifting the whole dynamic of the conversation on to yourself. Chances are it will be your friend going home alone tonight.
Wow. That is some stunner Scott is chatting to. I must have her.

Out comes my bucket of sand. Scht scht scht scht.

Hi! Scott, who's this lovely lady?
sand dancing by The Strut September 29, 2004

Sand Dancer

A sand dancer is a wee skinny thing who likes doing skills on the park and doesn’t like to put in a challenge as they are usually shit scared of being hurt by defenders
“Aidan Mcleary is a wee sand dancer and doesny want it”
Sand Dancer by Sand Dancer April 25, 2022

sand dancer

some one who is from south shields and lives behind ocean road among the less sophisticated community because they are scuff bag butt munchers.
like when you are on holiday in tenerife and someone says "are you from newcastle?" you reply "no iam am not a geordie iam a sand dancer"
sand dancer by pacdogg February 11, 2004

sand dancer

a racist name for someone who lives or lived in the middle east
Dan: aww man this towns gettin ridiculous. theres fucking sand dancers all owa
Alex: aye anar man it aint on. they look daft with dem tea towels on their heads
Dan: aye they do lyk

Sanddancer 

1. A person who was born in South Shields, a coastal town on the North East coast of England at the south side of the mouth of the river Tyne. Named after the long sandy beaches that South Shields has on both sides of it's pier.

2. A sub-culture of Geordie

In The Northeast of England, there are a number of towns which, collectively are called 'Geaordie' bur some have their own particular sub-cultures, such as Newcastle, Sunderland and South Shields. As far as football is concerned, South Shields is populated by half Magpies and Half Mackems.

Often shortened to 'Sandy'
If yer from Sooth Shields, yer a Sanddancer.

So, yer from Whiteleas, uh, yah must be a Sandy, then?
Sanddancer by Geordie John February 27, 2006

Sanddancer 

Persons from Yemen who jumped ship on the River Tyne in the early 1900s and settled in South Shields.
Get on your Camel sanddancer and get us some welding rods, now.
Sanddancer by Jeffro88 January 13, 2009
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A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

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trucker's tan 

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.
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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.
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Pee Calculus

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.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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