Upper Echelon Pettiness. The necessity for pettiness. Like being initiated into a secret society of extreme petty behavior.
Like if someone stepped on someone's shoe and they burned their house down for it. "That's some pettinessity if ever I saw it."
Tupac and Biggie's deaths were unfortunate and unnecessary events that were lead to by pettinessity from anonymous parties.
"I think that musician may have been iniatiated into some kind of pettinessity. Did you see their new music video? There was all kinds of esoteric petty symbology."
Something that is prettinesses is thought to be both pretty and cute at the same time. Usually commented by a girl. It is a shortened way of saying "that is really pretty and cute!"
A friend shows her best mate her brand new bag which is decorated with glittery thread and sequins. The friend comments "aww prettinesses!
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).