A filing cabinet is formal term for a person that exhibits little to no intelligence, provided that they have a functioning brain. Many people mistakenly use terms like "stupid", "retarded" or "mentally handicapped" in place of such a word, but those words are reserved for people without a fully functioning brain.
It means you are about to do something, or more accurately you are doing something now that will lead to you doing the thing that you are fixin' to do. Fixing = preparation
Others here have the pronunciation wrong, when spoken it sounds like one word: "fixina" which led to it's child word finna
In the South we like to run our words together, it's too hot to pronounce every letter.
Texan: "I'm fixing to go unload my pickup cuz it's full of junk and I've gotta go get cokes for the party."
Translation: I am in the process of preparing to go begin unloading the miscellaneous items from the back of my truck because I must go purchase beverages for the party.
A Chekhov’s Firing Squad is when a TV show or movie has almost no plot in the first several episodes, and then proceeds to pull all triggers at once. The way that this turns out is a show feeling bland, with presumably filler episodes for most of the season, though these episode actually build foreshadowing and silent plot. These small, unnoticed details go completely unheard or said, until they all hit you at once like a freight train.
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.