an adolescent who rings a doorbell in anticipation that the aged residents might come out in there underware waving a gun or claiming to have personal connections with the mayor 2) the funnest experience you will ever know 3) a person who can wake the dead with the sound of his slapping balls
Old Man McGinty: We got a tommy knocker round these parts. I swear if i get chance I'll blow his head clean off his fuckin' shoulders
a sexual act performed when a consenting woman is on the floor ass up in the air and face of the carpet, then the man standing on the bed or any elivated platform and performs a belly flop of sorts with a hard cock with the hopes of finding one of the holes of said woman.
Miners who have been trapped in cave-ins and pound on the rocks for rescue. It is believed that the ghosts of these miners go on knocking in the mine shafts long after the victims have died.
This definition was the basis for Stephen King's bestselling book The Tommyknockers, only in his story it was aliens that had been trapped underground instead of miners. Not a badbook.
We went out to the old mine at midnight and heard the tommyknockers tapping from far below.
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.