Academia slang. A top student (high school higher) whos grades are so high that they make their fellow students look bad. Curve comes from the mathmatical term - normal distribution curve. Theory is that when educators rate, they adjust grading scale so that most people are average. The curve dick throws off the curve so the rest of students look worse than they normally would.
Meaning of dick here is "to screw someone over."
Susan's such a curve dick. She got a 97% on the test when the next highest grade was 71%.
A variant of probability theory of the normal distribution or Gaussian distribution, as applied to how women minimize the number of men they have copulated with to appear more innocent and closer to normal, especially to a newboyfriend.
Jane "So when he asked me how many men I banged in my life, I told him 'five' even though it was really ten"
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 peecalculus.