1. (Vulgar) Wank, ham shank, hand shandy (act of masturbation).
2. (Vulgar) Crap, bullshit (worthless thing or activity)
3. (Vulgar) Crap, bullshit, wankery (dubious or too elaborated construct, in general intellectually).
Derives from "branler" (to wobble, te be unstanble, also in slang to wank).
Se taper une branlette = to pull one's wire, to have a ham shank
Lire des bouquins, c'est le la branlette = Reading books is a fucking waste of time.
La droite, la gauche, le libéralisme, le communisme, c'est de la branlette tout ça ! = Right, left, free market economy, communism, that's all bullshit.
The town that you can't find on the map. Also the place you can't wait to escape. We don't call it "B-town," because it's Bealeton. The 'B' actually stands for "Boring."
Hey man lets smoke up, because Bealeton is so boring we have nothing else to look forward to.
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.
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.