A phrase chanted to give a player luck when playing games of chance, like when rolling dice. Comes from the 80's game show Press Your Luck, in which unlucky timing could give the player a Whammy, which would lose them all their money.
A game developed in the early 2000's in Sheffield, England that involves a foam baseball bat and a sofa. The idea of the game is to jump into the sofa with the baseball bat and make the loudest noise possible whilst still in the air. The strike on the sofa must be completed before any part of the body touches the sofa. The winner is the competitor who produces the loudest noise
The name of the game originated from 'whamming' the sofa with the foam bat
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.