<half-rick-uh> - fictitious magical place where mulatto people come from, like little people come from the merry old land of Oz, or elves come from the North Pole, Halfricans from Halfrica. People from Halfrica often retain super-human qualities of both races (see Tiger Woods, 3 time PGA green jacket wearer, Halle Berry, the most beautiful woman alive, and Barack Obama, the first Halfrican American President.)
Because one of Barack Obama's parents came as a legal immigrant from Indonesia, and the other one is from Kansas, we can logically deduce that he is truly from the magical land of Halfrica.
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).