The act of breeding corn. Agricultural corn scientists will often cross different breeds of corn to yield different flavors and color combinations. This process is known as teggin.
Teggin corn is one of the largest growing industries in Kansasia. "I once saw a Kansasian teggin with some sweet, mature, and maternal corn in an attempt to make it salty."
Typical Canadian slangtalking about joking around. Can be used in many situations but exceptionally well used in winter where you can pull the toque down over their eyes making the metaphorical "pulling the wool over their eyes" more literal.
"Hey man did you REALLY do that?"
"No way man, I'm just tugging your toque."
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 peecalculus.