Used as filler or at the end of a sentence for added emphasis. Often used to make certain situations less awkward or to add on to ones original statement.
Status update: So my phone is broken and I cant text for a while.
Status update immediately following: Ohh, and also, I don't have internet until Monday so yeah....
Said by people who have nothing to say, seemingly trying to fill dead air. These people probably have their lips pierced and are under 18.
ok so like yesterday I was going to school and like I saw this girl and she was going to school too and I had my lip pierced and like she had her lip pierced too and uh like so yeah
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.
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).