Something said by a Nanna or Grandmother that is not entirely true. Not a lie, but an exaggeration or an embellishment of the truth.
Nanna passes by a famous hospital and tells the children "I was the head of child services there when I was 25." Or "I used to live at the Drake Hotel in Chicago." is it true? We don't know, but it appears to be a Nannerism
Shortened form of Non Sortie Producing Motherfucker. Term created by the "working" side of the U.S. Air Force. A sortie is one take-off and landing of an aircraft. Those that don't work on the flightline do not produce sorties and are thus labelled nonners.
Dad, what did you do during the war?
Son, I counted batteries in a box on a shelf. If there aren't 12 batteries in that box, it's my job to tell someone about it.
A slow white flat footed football player who plays the position of quarterback. He usually wears a number between 6 and 8 and spends most of the game on his back or throwing up prayers that get picked off.
Yo....were u at the par-hills game the other day??? Their defense wasn't even that good and they still sacked that nutner about 20 times.
Freddy’s moonlight jaunts to the convent washing line over the past year have earned him a whole draw full of nunderwear - including five pairs of push-up bras, ten pairs of stockings, three G-strings, eight pairs of hairshirt knickers, two pairs of Spiderman boxers, a corset and a codpiece.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.