A meetup between two people that's not a date but where they get to know each other before possibly asking one another out on a date.
Jon: How was your date with Claire yesterday?
Simon: It wasn't a date - more of a correspondence. We had fun together so I think I'm going to ask her out on a real date.
Yes by reading every day and using it on your channel this does constitute a correspondence but you're being a woman, huffing air out of your nose and saying "I'm not going to play with you!"
Hym "Ha! 'Words are like bullets.' Remember that? From Southpark? That's totally you! It's better when it's implicit (btw). But yes this is correspondence, technically."
A journalist who needs to be salaried and accommodated in an exotic foreign location in order to download press releases from their home governments press office and re-word them as news.
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.