To be taken by a ponzi scheme. To lose money on a venture when one party doesn't live up to its' agreements. To get stung in a bad deal where one side doesn't live up to expectations.
"Our company is thinking of sponsoring that race team, but we need to perform better due-dilly so as not to get stingered again."
"We tried to pre-order that new crowd-funded widget, but we got stingered and the company never delivered. I'm still waiting!!!"
In cars, when the rear wheels are wider than the front wheels. Used to give the car a more aggressive look and better traction in rear-wheel-drive cars. Many high-performance cars come like this from the factory, but it can be done to any car as an aftermarket upgrade.
Yo, I just put staggered rims on my Mustang, it looks real mean.
spelt as C.I.G, to weld your spider gears in a differential of a vehicle together to achieve both wheels to spin at once with no slip. perfect for drifting etc
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).