When someone or something "crashes and burns" immediately after "peaking". This can be used to describe an event of quick reverse of someone's fortune.
"Did you hear that Chad is now mopping floors at K-mart?", Ryan asked.
Kyle looked up at Ryan with a sigh. "Ehh, that's fitting considering his diarrhea accident in the boardroom."
"And to think, when he got that promotion, he was the youngest VP in the history of Google," he added.
"Scaramucci Effect is a bitch!"
(Verb) to destroyone's life, marriage, and job in ten days.
He Scaramucci'ed his new job up by insulting his coworkers. His wife left him after he tweeted "thoughts and prayers" about his newborn son. And on the tenth day, he was fired.
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).