A cultural shorthand, often humorous, catchy, or jargonistic, that simplifies or stylises a more complex or abstract concept, making it more memorable and widely accepted in common discourse.
"The funnyword for performing quality assurance by bombarding software with random inputs - akin to a crazed chimp pounding on a keyboard to see what happens - is monkey testing."
"It's this big abstract *thing* that no-one understands, incredibly complex infrastructure that stores your files so you can access them from anywhere - but anyway the funnyword for all that is the cloud. "
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.