A person who is a stellar example of the Dunning-Kruger effect in action. That means they have very low experience in a subject yet greatly overestimate their skills, which more often than not makes themselves look like an ass.
It was named after the case of McArthur Wheeler, who was the inspiration of the Dunning-Kruger effect experiment. He robbed two banks after covering his face in lemon juice, believing that as lemon juice is used in invisible ink, that his face would not be seen on security camera footage and therefore he'd be completely anonymous and never be caught.
Don't be a Lemonade Bankrobber, "whom" is the objective case form of "who" and "thine" is the prevocalic form of "thy" Don't throw them around willy-nilly to look smarter. All you look like is a pretentious twat.
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 pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).