From the same root as Shalom sh-l-m. Refers to a cycle, returning, health, peace, greetings, and many other things. It is also the name of the lover in the "Song of Songs." Generally miss-translated in Bibles into English as "Shulamite."
Corduroy-pants-wearing, tea-mug-wielding, beard-sporting entity. Although short of stature, can easily be spotted wandering between buildings in search of students to recommend books to.
Hilary: Hi Peter!
Peter Shulman: Hello Hilary
Hilary: There he goes again ....
"Shulgin's babies" refers to any of the huge number of psychedelic hallucinagens described by Alexander Shulgin in his books PiHKAL and TiHKAL. It is most often, however, associated with those that he invented, especially the 2C line of phenethylamines (2C-B, 2C-E, 2C-T-21, etc).
"I dropped some of Shulgin's babies last night and the smoke detector started to melt and my chair was smiling at me."
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.