Used to disparage your affiliation with someone making a complete jackass out of himself. In college it almost always means “come pick up your drunk friend who can’t handle his liquor and is about to get his ass kicked, drive home drunk, or in some other way embarrass you and your fraternity.” Can also be applied during adulthood to mock your association with someone woefully unqualified claiming to be with your organization or institution.
Hey Stanford, come get your boy Dr. Scott Atlas, the radiologist (glorified X-ray Tech but with MRIs) directing Coronavirus policy in the United States. He’s on Fox News every day saying dumb shit like masks don’t work and everyone should catch COVID. He still claims to be with the Hoover Institution.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
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.
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.