American: Hey bro, want some chips?
British: So you call these things "chips" instead of crispity crunchy munchie crackerjack snacker nibbler snap crack n pop westpoolchestershireshire queen's jovely jubily delights? Thats rather bit cringe, innit bruv
Catholic Tabernacle. Box on the alter of Catholic Church where the host is kept. The host being the representation of the body of Christ in the typical form of a wafer/cracker that is handed out to parishioners during a Catholic Mass. So a snack. The place where the snacks are kept.
The priestopened the Snackernackle to get out the wafers to nourish the parishioners.
One who dreams about food in the middle of the night, gets out of bed and into the fridge. A person who enjoys a snack or two at midnight, no guilt involved.
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.