After having a vindaloo, on the journey home you can't get to the toilet. When you finally get the key in the door and get to "relieve" yourself. Afterwards you feel totally ostenatious.
Showy; pretentious. Interested in the cosmetic. Preaches but doesn'tpractice what he preaches.
Joel had a chance to open up his church to suffering Houstonians. He reminded us all how osteentatious he is when he chose to lock his TV mega-church up instead.
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.