1. The breakdown of life in space. An astronaut losing all hope and feeling that his/her return to Earth will not make any kind of difference to anyone.
2. Track 10 on the self-titled album by blink-182. A truly amazing song.
Floating above Earth alone in the car-sized space capsule, the astronaut began to doubt that anyone cared about him and contemplated never returning.
The progressive weariness and public despair caused by a never ending series of poor, ill-informed decisions, infantile self-serving policies and generalized, narcissistic, ineffective hyperbole.
ANOTHER government shut-down! There is no way that Congress and the citizens of the USA will permit this to happen...all sides have reached Trump-asthenia to the max...
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.