A 9 month prison sentence that must be served 12 times in a person's lifetime in order to receive a Certificate of Indoctrination, also know as a High School Diploma. People who do not receive this certificate will be alienated from society, and laughed at by their peers. Usually served from age 6 to age 18 (US).
A commitment an individual makes to a positive lifestyle change to coincide with the first day of school -- when daily schedules for both kids and parents tend to become more regular.
There's no way Sarah could avoid lying around and stuffing her face with fatty food during the summer, but she's making a school year's resolution to eatbetter and exercise.
End of the School Year Depression is that time around the end of May and until the last day of school. It’s a terrible feeling because you know you hate school, but you are used to seeing the same people everyday, every class has a different personality and you feel like you will miss that class because you may not have anyone in it next year. It’s worse if you have a crush. You don’t know if you have any classes with them and it sucks. But, the good news is, it goes away really fast.
Adj.
Used to describe people with their school photo on a right page of the school yearbook. These are typically people (or things) described as annoying and not funny.
man 1: I guess Santa's helper is a squirrel.
man 2: I bet you were on the right page of the school year book.
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.