The leftover, smallest pieces of a given item. Often referring to food, in particular, the extra crispy little bits of french fries found at the bottom of the container.
Audrey's favorite food experience is eating the crispy goodness of schnibblins found at the bottom of the container of fries.
another word for your insane friends who live their life in shambles. It also can be another word for quarters.
"Hey we have to put more money in the parking meter."
"Already??"
"Yeah, go dive in that fountain and fish out some more schwubbies."
"After they trashed the house with pizza and bottles of rum runners, my schwubbies ripped apart a rug and threw it over a power line at 4 in the morning."
a term that comes out of the Upper Midwest of the US commonly used to refer to little bits of paper. Not actually based on anything German, but German-sounding due to the Lutheran culture of the area (hence the spelling.)
1)the rough edges of notebook paper after it's been ripped out of said notebook
2)the holes that get punched out of hole-punched paper
3)the remains of a piece of paper after it has been torn to little bits
4)little bits of garbage in general
Don't even think about leaving those schnibbles all over the floor, pick them up and throw them away!
Those little bits of paper, typically from ripping out paper from spiral notebooks or making snowflakes. If you use this word in the northwest, no one will know what you are talking about...
"pick up those little pieces of paper!" The Spanish teacher yelled. "You mean schnibbles?" asks the student. Everyone looks at her like shes crazy.
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 peecalculus.