especially useful to any group of people inebriated by psychedelics (particularly, a dangerous dosage of LSD and shrooms) due to the bursts of laughter in the tripper's friends generated by the utterance of this word, whether purposely or accidentally slurred.
smoke + cigarette
1: ok, ok... enough ripping on that ugly bitch, my sides hurt. i need a smigarette
2: (hysterical laughter)
1: what?
2: damn these must be some goodmushrooms, 'cause i swear you just said 'smigarette'
In a laboratory setting, a singlette refers to a measurement that is being performed only once per sample in an experiment. It complements the terms duplicate and triplicate, where two and three replicate measurements would be performed per sample, respectively.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.