Organizations that pair young kids with older "brothers" & "sisters". They spend quality time together & it makes up for not having a Mom or Dad. Great for youngsters!
{Big Sisters & BigBrothers] are in practically every town & city nationwide.
Refers to the seven small contiguous states in the Nort East Region of India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura.
The rest of mainland India is only connected to Assam properly; if you have to go to any of the other seven sisters, you need to make a stop at Assam.
The Kanker Sisters( May, Lee, and Marie) are a trio of girls that have a crush on the Eds in the Cartoon Network show Ed Edd n Eddy. They frequently bully the Eds by kissing them and forcing them to play footsies by locking up their feet and wiggling their red toes for hours. They torture the Eds by using red lipstick to leave lipstick marks and red nail polish on their toes and fingernails.
The Kanker Sisters painted their toenails with bright red nail polish and then made Ed Edd n Eddyplay footsies with them while the Eds screamed in agony.
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.