Paint chips. Derived from the occurrence of physical and mental problems in children who were ignorant of the dangers of ingesting dried flakes of lead-based house paint, claiming to have eaten "wall candy" is an indication of possible induced pathological stupidity. See Penny Arcade, 1999 Oct 18, "Boob Raider".
Tycho: "You ate a lot of paint as a kid, huh."
Gabe: "You mean wall candy?"
-- Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins
When one's profile on a networking website i.e. Facebook is covered with comments from attractive looking members of the opposite sex. As a rule of thumb, the more Wall Candy the better off the owner of the "Candied" Wall.
"Damn dude looks like Mike has stepped up his game."
"How so?"
"Bro his Facebook...littered with Wall Candy"
"Hell yeah. Bomb"
First heard March 2005. Term of derision used to describe purely decorative work of art, such as you would find for sale in a department store and usually mass produced by a 'sell-out' artist.
same as wall-candy
£300 for that painting of a daisy? It's just wall-candy. Must have taken about 30 minutes to paint.
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.