A word that is used to describe in trading terms, riding in the opposite direction to the current trend, usually resulting in a account drawdown.
Invacio Ltd, introduced the word to describe how a human trader was compared to their Artificial Intelligence trader in a live trading scenario, Archimedes was trading Sterling down, whilst the human trader was Svening his account trading in the opposite direction until all funds were lost and the account was in - figure drawdown.
To have sex or fornicate. Originated from GuysKeepScore.com. A "seven" is the score of a touchdown to include a field goal otherwise known as sex without anal involved.
1) Usually related to overseas expats, stenning refers to a drunk (British) man who follows girls to the bathroom and enjoys watching them pee whilst he himself urinates in his own trousers.
2)stenning can also be used as an adjective to describe a small, balding man/woman who is working as a language teaching in a foreign country and enjoys wearing an old persons underwear under his clothes whilst in class.
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.