1. To bring someone's self-image or ego back from a fantastical "outerspace"; to humble someone out of a delusion; to disprove someone's fictional version of themselves
"He had a few successes and has begun to believe his own hype. His ego is in outer space. It's time to repo that starship he's on and bring him back down to Earth."
"Patrick is so delusional and egotistical that he now considers himself above us all. He's due for a starship repo up there."
"My friend thought he was going to be a huge celebrity, but that starship appears to have been repo'd."
People in other countries watching the United States like it's a reality show and perceiving it to be like the movie 'Starship Troopers'
"The Starship Trooman Show has been crazy recently. Military recruiters have been hanging out in high school cafeterias and convincing children, behind their parents' back, to enlist so that they can qualify for the healthcare & affordable education benefits that every person in almost every other wealthy nation receives automatically."
Teenage Quoran who is best known for their epicly defined biceps and posting face reveals all the time because he is secretly into himself. Many users make jokes about him looking like Tom Holland, the actor of Spiderman in MCU.
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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 pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).