Changing her mind at the last minute about attending a social event when discovering she is expected to pay.
Claire: “Is Brett not paying for the drinks?”
All: “It’s your shout Claire”
Claire: “Somethings just come up, I’ll have to reschedule, my horse needs me.”
All:”She’s doing a Claire again”
To promise to do Christmaslunch with the team, after a string of cancelled appointments for similar reasons, and then a day out conveniently have a knee surgery pop up 100km in the opposite direction.
Claire: Just got off the phone and I have an appointment with my surgeon tomorrow in Masterton.
Brett: Tell them you will just wait till late next year
Claire: Oh but I can't. Sorry boys
All: Doing a Claire, AGAIN
A clare is someone who is Extremely obnoxious and backstabbing person.
When people are around her they feel nothing but miserable. Be sure to stay far away from those that seem like a “clare”.
Reyna: ugh did u see that kaylee girl she’s such a clare.
Elliana: yeah i know right! did you know she started her weed addiction in the seventh grade!?
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.