A condition suffered by a person or persons that strive towards a given goal but with absolutely no idea how their actions or planned actions will actually achieve the desired result.
Phrase derived from the underpants gnomes characters from the TV series 'South Park' that collected and stockpiled used underpants for the purpose of making a profit but had no idea of how to actually achieve this.
Demonstrators protesting for nuclear disarmament but not considering how they would protect the country when nuclear equipped aggressors decide to attack suffer a severe case of Underpants Gnome Syndrome.
Ex UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a major case of Underpants Gnome Syndrome when he thought that reducing VAT (sales Tax) by 2.5% last year would significantly stimulate consumer spending.
A condition suffered by a person or persons that strive towards a given goal but with absolutely no idea how their actions or planned actions will actually achieve the desired result.
Phrase derived from the underpants gnomes characters from the TV series 'South Park' that collected and stockpiled used underpants for the purpose of making a profit but had no idea of how to actually achieve this.
Demonstrators protesting against nuclear power but not considering how they will pay the ever increasing cost of power derived from the diminishing fossil fuel supply suffer a severe case of Underpants Gnome Syndrome.
Ex UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a majorcase of Underpants Gnome Syndrome when he thought that reducing VAT (sales Tax) by 2.5% last year would significantly stimulate consumer spending.
From the TV show South Park. They steal underpants in order to make profit. They even educate children on how profit works. Here's how:
Stage One: Steal Underpants
Stage Two: ???????
Stage Three: Profit!
1. Small creatures from South Park that have to go to work. They work all night and they search for underpants! They won't stop until they have underpants.
Why do they do that you may ask..For profit of course. They have just not quite figured out phase 2.
2. They can mostly be observed in Tweak's room all hours of the night.
An underground group of elite gnomes who conspire to reap huge profits from the theft of underpants.
Their diabolical scheme has thus far gone undetected, but with a growing wave of underpants shortages across the western U.S, expect the price of underpants to surge to unimaginable levels.
"No i did not forget to pack my underpants, the underpants gnomesstole them."
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.
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.