A river nigger is a Mexican as they use the river to cross over to the USA and jump fences or cross at openings in fences to gain access to the USA. A fence jumper, if you will.
An expression used in the card game "Texas Hold 'em Poker" for someone who was losing the hand to one or more players, and was saved by the 5th card, the river, due only to luck, and won the hand.
Bob: "haha, I'm beating you with the odds of 4:1 in favour of me, you only have 3 cards you can hit out of the deck, with one card left, what a crappy call and a horrible read"
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.
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.