n. spongitude: The ability to multitask by auditing while listening to your managers rant and rave.
Bob demonstrated some solid spongitude the other day while Carl was complaining about his other engagement teams. He got all of his testing and reviews completed.
A combination of the words slavery and servitude (cf. "indentured servitude"). A special form of unending slavery, in which you have the freedom to quit your job with an abusive employer, but are too financially strained and overworked to find another job. Becoming increasingly common in western economy and society where employees are disposable (and so can be abused mentally/worked to death) and wage increases have not kept up with inflation.
Person 1: Dude, you should really quit your job, they treat you like crap.
Person 2: Yeah, they do, but I barely make rent and jobs are scarce. I guess I'm stuck in slavitude.
It’s a behaviour commonly seen manifesting in medium to low ranking social acquaintances, the subject displays an almost instant but thankfully temporary improvement in social skills.
They idolise their adversaries and practice the art of mockery, they often size up males once thought to be untouchable or someone to respect and engage in verbal battle. Some times higher ranking members of the social elite begin to accept this change and reward the individual for their self proclaimed promotion.
Thankfully this spell of success is always short lived and the acquaintance is normally physically inept to prevent the decent back to their natural order.
Generic High Ranker: Anyone heard from Splenum today?
Generic Low Level Acquaintance: I’m here I’m just sick of your shit!
Generic High Ranker: Ooooooooh! Get back where you belong we'll have none of that "Splenitude Complex" in this collective thank you!
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.
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.