A large party, often marked by lavishness and showiness. Derived from two filipino words of varying dialects - pamanhickan and parmalaiyee, both meaning a pre-wedding get together in which the marrying families discuss their input to the wedding, and hence show how much clout they will carry in the family.
The X and Y families will host their permahickey on Thursday, two nights before the wedding.
When used in a broader sense:
There will be a permahickey at Liberty park for all the residents of the barrio Z.
A URL that references a webpage, often one that is dynamically rendered, which displays the information of a single article (usually from an RSS feed) that was featured on the main section of a website but will be or currently is archived.
1) The articles on the frontpage of my blog are generated from an RSS feed, so I'm including a permalink for each page; I just POST the article ID to a PHP webpage that dynamically displays the desired content.
2) The permalinks to all my articles are just SSI pages with filenames of the article IDs. The server includes the XML document of the page with Perl include calls, and I use CSS to control how they are displayed.
A link to a specific article in the archives of a blog, which will remain valid after the article is no longer listed on the blog's front page (i.e after it has archived).
Instead of just linking to the home page of a blog, use the permalink so people will be able to read the article even after the blog has been updated.
An adjective that means you do so many drugs that your brain is permanently fried. You forget how to do easy things, like remember to go to class or put your car in park.
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.