The employment of magical practices (lottery, augury, or special psychic powers, etc) for the purpose of gaining knowledge of future events or events unknowable by ordinary investigation.
An physiological test to detect recent forced opening of the anus. Used chiefly on by police to tell if a suspect has placed contraband in their anus, or if a child has been sexually abused. The buttocks are spread lightly apart by to see if the anal sphincter opens after or with the spreading of the buttocks. If so, anal breaching has likely occurred.
As part of his recording contract, Justin Bieber has to pass an anal dilatation test. This time when he bent over in front of the doctors and lawyers, a doctor disappeared! Bieber got a D+, for that one.
Person 1: you know what we need, we need a _______.
Person 2: yes we do
Person 1: can you take care of that?
Or forwarding an email to someone else(generally in a group or team) with the request: can you take care of this? Will you follow up? Will you (call, create or other) an item and get back to me.
the word evolved in a brainstorming session when the conversation turned to animating a user experience path diagram. it combines traditional flow-chart type qualities, mixed in with emotional elements that humanize the diagram.
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).