A word often used in the Midwest, more specifically in Wisconsin. Some joke that a lot of people born in Wisconsin ended up with that as a name. It's used at the end of a yes or no question.
Do you wanna go to the movies...er no?
Want to get a drink from the bubbler, er no?
Do you need to stop at the Tyme machine, er no?
A task (typically) which is not worthy of cutting toilet time short for or even simply of imminent importance.
Origin: Scots-English
Shoutin' o'er a fucked exhaust
Yer da: Gies a hawn wae the motor!
You: S'wrang wae it!?
Yer da: The exhaust's came aff!
You: Still runnin'?
Yer da: Aye!
You: Well it's no summin' tae nip yer shite o'er, is it?
n. (var. non-follow-thru-er). Someone who does not "follow-through" with his or her words or promises. Typically an "idea" person so wrapped up in his/her ideas that s/he does not take the time to actually execute one. Also, someone who is "flakey."
My frustration with non-profit organizations is that they attract non-follow-through-er (s) who spend all day concocting ideas for change, and fractionally less time towards implementing those ideas.
When a beginner osu! player says they can play high star maps after a few days of experience, but they had NoFail(NF) on all along, shocking experienced players and temporarily make them regret ever trying.
Beginner: Hey bro, I just started playing osu! and it seems really fun! I can kind of play 6-star maps right now.
Pro: Bruh.
Beginner: Yeah, NoFail is pretty nice.
Pro: Ah yes, they just jabaited me by pulling an osu! NoFail-er.
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).