Your mate, spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, steady and/or lover. Used when you don't want to be too specific, or when the details are nobody's business.
Why's Roger always talking about his significant other? Why don't he just say girlfriend?
A significant other whose status is not created by a agreed-upon relationship status but by how much time is spent with them. Could also be considered a behavioral significant other.
Combination of "statistically significant" and "significant other."
Since he spent twice as much time with Karen as with any of the other girls he was dating, his friends called Karen his statistically significant other.
1. A female who, usually due to some small amount of popularity, becomes so extremely narcissistic, egotistical and self important that they truly believe everything they do and say is exceptional impacting and life changing. Anyone who doesn't kiss their ass, criticizes or disagrees with them is a hater, a bully or (if a man) a misogynist. A lot of times they suffer heavily from the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
2. A person who acts like such a massive cunt that their behavior not only draws everyone's attention to it, but it also negatively impacts everyone around them
1. Did you hear Madonna's speech at the Women's March? You would think she just cured cancer the way she talks. She has become such a significunt these days.
2. This lady on the plane refused to wear a mask, so the attendant asked her to leave the plane. Then she screamed, refused to leave the plane, and caused such a significunt problem, that all passengers were forced to de-board the plane and missed their connecting flights.
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.