In poker, when you hold a strong starting hand and raise a lot of money to see the flop, only to have not matched any cards when seeing the flop making your hand completely useless.
Starting hand of A/K. You raise double the blinds, someone else raises double that, you raise again or go all in because you're pot committed.
The dealer turns over the first three cards (flop) and it's 5/2/J all of suits other than the ones in your hand. Probably giving the other guy a really strong hand against you and effectively costing you all your money.
That, my friends, is getting flop nobbed (a Flop Nob).
Common usage: "Hey man, the tables were rough last night, I was constantly getting Flop Nobbed!"
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.