Once uttered by The True Master, and memed about since the original occurance. Jokingly, an individual pretended to start to press the computer command ‘Alt + F4’ on the laptop The True Master was using, leading to Him uttering this amazing phase.
‘Alt + F4’ as a computer command relates to the computer button ‘Alt’ being pressed, and then subsequently ‘F4’ after. This causes the current open window to close, and may close without progress or work being saved. The True Master did not want His window to close, so He had to utter this phase in a successful attempt to halt the action.
Person 1: *pretends to press ‘Alt + F4’*
The True Master: “Curse you and your Alt + F4!”
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.