An individual who uses non-western spiritual belief systems and new-age philosophy to spin a fantastic web of vague bullshit to absolve you from any responsibility towards other people. Naturally this makes you want to give them money.
An individual who claims to have achieved a higher state of being, to which they will grant you access for money, sex, or a place to crash.
That raw-foodist guru was a real shitshaman! How does he get away with it? That fake cheesecake tasted like a wet paper towel! Why did I pay $10 for that seminar?
There's misinformation, and then there's shitformation. Shitformation is exponentially poor misinformation. It is usually derived from instances in which one merely seeks to placate the masses by providing information that would have better served its purpose unsaid.
Shitformation Ex 1: The nextpatch will resolve the server crashes.
Shitformation Ex 2: Everything is working as intended. There are no problems we are currently addressing.
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.