Towels that the woman (or feminine man) of the house hangs up for decorative purposes (normally seasonal). You can not dry dishes with them, dry your hands with them, use them after a shower, or look at them too hard unless of course you want to get bitched at.
Woman: Honey where did my decorative towel with the cute snowman go?
Man: I used it to dry off the dog
Woman: WTF!?! THOSE TOWELS ARE TOO NICE FOR YOU TO BE USEING THEM FOR ANYTHING USEFUL!!!
Man: BITCH DON'T MAKE ME GIVE YOU A THIRD BLACK EYE YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO!!!
THE most useless thing known to man. have you even heard of a decorative gourd? bet you haven't. bet you have seen one. but why do they exist.
person 1: *shows friend picture of a decorative gourd* decorative gourd.
person 2: thats what those are? ive seen those before. what are they used fo-... oh... bruh.
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 pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).