1) A child's toy which originated in Australia. They were plastic cups that you strapped to the bottom of your shoes, then walked around in and made annoying clacking sounds.
2) A nickname applied to platform boots (after the toy), which became popular with Australian skinhead culture in the 1970's into the 1980's.
3) A nickname applied to Australian skinheads, which referenced the platform boots many of them liked to wear.
4) The title of a 1992 movie about Australian skinhead culture and its destructiveness.
1) Take those damn romper stompers away from your kid, that sound is annoying, I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more!
2) I got my girlfriend a pair of romper stompers for her birthday.
3) Get the bouncers to kick those romper stompers out of the club before they start a fight and kill someone.
4) Australian actor Daniel Pollock killed himself shortly after filming Romper Stomper by jumping in front of a train.
a movie, and lifestyle where russel crowe shows the entire would that he doesnt take shit from nobody. he kicks every pussy's ass in that shit and doesnt give 2 squirts of piss if theyre his best friend.
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.