in analogy to the torture method of waterboarding; it means having to sit through the mind-numbing, nerve killing, boring recounts of some turd you cannot walk away from for diplomatic, social reasons or just out of respect.
John Stewart (The daily show):
So how did John Kerry convince Karzai to change his mind. Oh I know: listening to John Kerry go on and on, tat's like waterboring.
A waterborne stool is a stool passed in a running stream, ones podex is facing downstream and the water gently eases the stool out leaving no messy post stool detrius, the stream acts as natures midwife
Lookmom, whats that bobbing downstream ? "looks like a 'waterborne stool ' to me son "
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.