Skulldoggery; The practice of lying, trickery and using misinformation while selling puppies and dogsonline.
Brokers buying entire litters of puppies from Puppy Mills and Back Yard Breeders, and putting them in a home to advertise them for sale are engaging in skulldoggery.
People selling these puppies, and telling buyers that the parents are with family at another location, or that the mother died, are practicing skulldoggery.
People selling or "adopting" intact and unvaccinated/unvetted dogs online or through other media, and calling themselves a "Rescue" are using skulldoggery .
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.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murdererused a serrated blade.
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.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).