the cheapest sex trev could find was One-eyed-Hilda who would charge him 50p for a quickie in the old eye-socket.
"'bye trev" cackled the old girl "I'll keep my eye out for you."
Common phrase yelled out by bird-dogging foremen that accuse you of not working. These foremen are never around when you need them but the second you put your tools down they seem to appear out of thin air to yell at you and ask you why you are not working.
Skilled Tradesman: "Alright Toofus , let's set our tools down and..."
Bird Dogging Forman: "What the fuck are you Toofuses doing?! You're fucking my eyes out! Get back to work!'
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).