(Verb) In regards to bartering and trading, the term "lowball" is used by greedy sellers who don't understand depreciation and are attempting to make a buyer look bad.
Guy 1: That guy just tried to lowball me
Guy 2: Maybe you should read Economics for Dummies
A guy that comes to your yard sale real early, sees your 1989 Nintendo plus 50 games and offers you $5 for the box. Walks around the sale picking up everything expensive asking "Would you take $1 for this? How about $.50???". Then when they go to pay they hand you a $20 dollar bill for $3 of stuff!!!
The guy probably stores it all in a shed and sells it all on Ebay.
That Fuckin Lowball Lonnie offered me $1 for my $90 TI Calculator!!!!
Every time I have a yard sale a Lowball Lonnie shows up at 5am with $3 to spend.
A phrase that is said when you want to change the subject of a conversation. Usually when you want to avoid the subject you are talking about. Similar to " You ain't got no pancake mix!"
Guy 1: So, why did you pour your coffee on my brand new shirt?
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).