Shortened word for "whipper snapper", which is a term old people use for rambunctious young children. Its shortened version makes it relevant to pop culture today.
Hey whipsnap! Get out of my medicine cabinet, put my dentures down, get off Skyrim and mow my lawn!
Name of main character in "You Can't Cheat An Honest Man", played by W.C. Fields.
Say the first name and middle initial quickly together, and you get the idea of the character. In the film, Larsen E. Whipsnade runs a circus, into the ground, and two steps ahead of the law. Whipsnade is one of many of Fields' character names, such as Cuthbert J. Twillie, Egbert Souse, Mahatma KaneJeeves and Wolffinger J. Uncoupler.
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).