The use of self pitying, banal, inane or downright uninteresting status updates viafacebook or Twitter, aimed at generating pity or attention in comment form.
Jane is getting ready to go work, or Jane is wondering why everything in her life is going wrong. Both examples of twattering.
Deep insights about life in 140 chars or less. Stems from the microblogging service Twitter that allows posts of up to 140 characters. Coined in a tweet on May 7, 2007.
Subjective idealism twitterism: "If a tree falls in the forest and noone is there to Twitter about it, did it really happen at all?"
Sacred Emily's twitterism: "A twitterism is a twitterism is a twitterism"
Descartes' twitterism: "I twitter, therefore I am"
An adjective used to describe someone (very) active on Twitter.
For the average internet-goer, being Twitterish only lasts for a short period of time after a Twitter account is acquired.
Becoming Twitterish may occur after someone realizes that have a large sum of followers (more than one), and feel that they would be let down if that someone doesn't tweet.
Nancy: Dude, ever since Johnny realized he had 3 followers, he's been so Twitterish! He dumped me "for the good of the community!"
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.