A seat in class (most often a college class) that you normally sit in all the time; so much so that it practically belongs to you. More often than not, the majority (or even the entirety) of the class has one because they pretty much always sit in the same seating arrangement every class. However, if the seats are not officially assigned in class by the professor/teacher, someone else could sit in your unassigned assigned seat either without knowing that you normally sit there (perhaps they'renew to class or just never noticed), or in rarer cases deliberately, causing you to have to find another seat with discomfort and awkwardness. You feel that you HAVE to sit there every time because that seat is yours.
Someone sat in my Unassigned Assigned Seat in class today, even though they knew I always sit there. I felt so stupid when I had to find another seat to sit in.
The word size on a computer. Basically the size of the largest number that can be added/subtracted at one time on a processor. In the x86-64, however, an int stayed the same size as in the x86.
x86 has a word size of 32, and x86-64 has unsigned ints with a size of 32 (wtf?)
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 peecalculus.