{Usually glass} having been infused with an anion oxide of the heavy metal uranium. This glass glows a ghostly green when exposed to shortwave visible and longwave ultraviolet radiation.
Often called "uranium glass" or more frequently, "Vaseline glass" due to its resemblence to Vaseline® petroleum jelly.
Note spelling: urAnated, not urEnated, urInated, urOnated, urUnated, or sometimes urYnated. :-O
{John}: Hey Craig, are you going to perform spectroscopy of the fluorescense of a uranated glass marble when irradiated with thaty spiffy new violet laser?
{Craig} Why of course!!! Let me go fire up old Betsy now!
The act of having looked up a term on UrbanDictionary.com, this term is a lot easier to use than having to say 'urbandicionaried' ... it just flows so much better.
Someone who thinks that living downtown is the only way to go and that everyone else is an uncultured rube.
“I can’t visit her, she lives in the suburbs for God’s sake! You might as well ask me to go to the deep south or the dark heart of Africa or some other place with no running water or appletinis!” Shrieked the uppity urbanite.
“Oh...my...God....is that a cow?! Hold me, I’m scared, it’s going to be just like Deliverance”
“Shut the fuck up, Catherine. If you’re going to pull this uppity urbanite shit with me we will end this road trip right now.”
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.