When someone hugs someone hard, they lose their balance and fall to the ground. Sometimes the hugger has a running start, other times the huggie is already seated on the ground.
Someone encounters two people on the ground and asks what happened? "It was a love attackle".
After being hugged to the ground, Miasaid, "Stop love attackling me!"
A (joke) response that shows you can personally relate to content that was meant to be more general.
New York Times headline: Studies show that 2020 has seen a 400% spike in men losing their entire life savings thanks to trading stocks at home.
Man sitting at home trading stocks: "I feel personally attacked."
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.