What you can say no matter how akward or compromising your present situation. A go to stalling statement.
Her: "Why is your fly open?"
You: "What are we doing?"
Her: "Wtf are you doing talking with her?"
You: "What are we doing?"
Her: "Are you too drunk to fuck?"
You: "What are we doing?"
It is said with a rhetorical tone to overstate its emphasis, but also in total seriousness because the situation calls for a cold, figurative slap in the face.
If an eye roll was a vocal expression and not a sigh, this would be it.
Eldee: Ok, so happy hour at BP is from 3-6, wings, mini pizzas, and ceasers. I made a reso for right in front of the big screen, the fights start at 7.
Colleen: There's a really cutesy and ironic place on the Lower East Side that has fantastic arugula salad, and the rosee comes in fair trade mason jars!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD MEG, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Hym "HAHAHA! THAT! THAT IS FUCKING HILARIOUS! What the fuck are we doing? We're letting the trannies do what ever they wamt but I have ro pretend I didn't create A.I. That's what We're doing."
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.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).