1. (noun) When one asks a teacher, parent, etc., how to spell a word and is told to look up the word in the dictionary, usually either because the teacher, parent, etc. is too lazy to impart the word's spelling or doesn't know how to spell it themself. Spellpidity is short for "spelling stupidity", because you must know how a word is spelled in order to search for it in a dictionary.
Kindergartener: "How do you spell 'dachshund'?
Teacher: "Look it up in the dictionary."
Kindergartener: "?????"
The Kindergartener has just experienced spellpidity.
Sledding into traffic, driving too fast (or too slow) for conditions and causing a wreck, nakedsnow angels, etc. "He drove with a fair amount of snowpidity".
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.