1. The waypeople celebrate a major win, or new years eve, banging pots and pans together to make noise without the fireworks.
2. As an ice breaker in a greeting.
Hey man, great to see you again, pots and pans! Word order can be rearranged.
Describing somebody who is poor. Additionally, it can be used to describe anything that is poverty-stricken.
1) Look at that guy's jacket, he's totaly pots and pans
2) She broke up with him because she could not take his pots and pans lifestyle
3) Damn nigga it's pots and pans up in this bitch!
A phrase used in place of other older sayings like "shit happens" or "who knows". Meaning of the phrase can change depending on the context it is used in.
Person 1: My mom just died
Person 2: Pots and pans man
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.
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.