When for some reason (weather, virus, fungus, shortage of partners)a plant or animal changes its sex. eg: Corn (it is suspected this is how modern corn came to be), frogs
Hey julie, guess what, you know our tank of all female frogs? well one of the girl frogs became a boy frog!
wow sandra, thats an example of catastrophic sexual transmutation!!
The psychological phenomenon of your mind turning a pretty mediocre song into a much better song when you recall the song from memory. Disappointment is guaranteed when you actually hear a song again.
Guy: This song sucks...I'm suffering from a case of aural transmutation!
Girl: What's that?
Guy: I remember this song being a lot better in my head. My mind must have aurally transmuted it into a better song.
Girl: Don't feel bad, everybody has to do that with Justin Beiber's "My World"
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 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).