(skɒnd) - verb: sconned - past tense, sconning - present tense
The result of being totally dominated.
To fail miserably upon an attempt of a specific action or activity.
A person would have been 'sconned' due to a brutal payout.
'You got sconned!" (Loosing a drag race by a vast distance)
A woman rejected in love can be very angry and dangerous. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. There is nothing as unpleasant as a woman who has been offended or whose love has not been returned.
Broken in a crippling sort of way. Something central to operations of the thing is severed, damaged, or impaired as to not allow it to function properly.
Man, Steve musta been surfin' for porn on my laptop yesterday because now it's totally sconzed and only boots to safe-mode.
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.