Slang British word for a car driver who is adept at rat running - navigating to a destination by avoiding major roads and only using minor residential roads and cut throughs, via the use of advanced local or route knowledge and Sat Nav. CHIPS is British army slang for urban warfare (Causing Havoc In People's Streets) and is a combination of CHIPS and Hipster.
Ken was a total Chipster today - he took the Audi from Richmond to Chiswick in 6 minutes, avoiding Hogarth - totally messed with the Hounslow LTNs.
A portmanteau of the words Chicano and Hipster. They are typically educated, better-off and younger Mexican-Americans who retain some of their parents' Chicano culture, while also integrating modern American hipster appearances such as skinny jeans and flannel.
Boyle Heights has seen soaring property values and cost-of-living due to all the chipsters moving back to the traditionally low-income and homogeneously Mexican neighborhood; they tend to congregate at coffee shops such as Primera Taza.
A cholo-hipster amalgam. A cholo (Mexican/Latin American street gang member) who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the thug cultural mainstream. Will often cite themselves as a pioneering force behind contemporary trends en el barrio.
"What's good Mex Cady, I heard you just got a new pair of wide framed O.G. Locs homie?"
"Oh please, I've been rockin' these before they were even cool."
"Yeah, I guess you're right, you're a total Chipster carnal."
-(noun) A hybrid of Chicago archetypes chad and hipster: The chipster is truly a chad at heart bringing all the innate baggage associated with being a vain, ignorant, Big 10 fun boy with him as he externally transforms into the Wicker Park staple hipster. This quasi-transformation can be easily spotted by the telltale Pabst t-shirt and excessively spikey hair.
That Lincoln Park chipster is such a poser, he doesn't even listen to indie music.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.