A clever saying from the book "Hocus Pocus" by Kurt Vonnegut that he uses as a term for the end of the Vietnam War.
This saying now can be said to reprisent the ending of something that you'd rather not say, such as a relationship or a friendship.
Girl 1: "Why don't you and Nick talk anymore?"
Girl 2: "Well, after the excrement hit the air-conditioning, he just turned into a complete asshole and stopped talking to me."
A phrase used to signal when some inevitable bad thing has happened.
Everyone involved usually gets punished or ill effects.
A different version of "when the shit hits the fan"
Phil called the bouncer an idiot. After the excrement hit the air-conditioning and now Phil and all his mates are banned from the club
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).