"Harold, despite the fact that the sign indicates our CUNY graduate library has office hours starting...AN HOUR AGO...not one staff member showed up to work today."
Passed out or nodded out from drugs/alcohol in the front seats of a vehicle, both parked and moving.
“Trent wake up! You’re hella curbed out and I need you to navigate”
“I was way curbed out driving home last night, I coulda wrecked.”
Origin: A friend of a friend had a job as a driver for UPS or FedEx or some shit, but also had a drug problem. He would be at work and start nodding out while driving, either from drug use or last of sleep partying too hard. As he momentarily fell asleep he would wake up when his truck smashed into the curb. Eventually it came to mean generally falling asleep in a car or somewhere you shouldn’t be sleeping, with the likelyhood of a not-so pleasant wake up.
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.