A meaningless but more exciting variation on the "yes/no?" question. Popularized by Gan Xingba's Avatar: the Abridged Series.
Can be abridged as "y/n/m/l?", but chances are, if your friend is not a hardcore Avatard, s/he will have no idea what the fuck that you're talking about and get confused.
When a guy asks a girl out and she tells him yes, but really means no because she's too nice to say no, which in turn messes with him more because he continues to think he has a chance, but really doesn't.
"Wanna go out with me this weekend?"
"...Yes."
"So are you twogoing out?"
"I dunno, she's being all gay and withdrawn, I think it's a yes-no."
The three only englishwords a french person that doesn't speak english knows. Often used like a running gag about someone who isn't fluent with his or her english(1) or as confusion(2).
(Imagine this dialogue is in french)
-Lucy is going to Los Angeles with you?
-Yeah but her English is really shitty.
-LOL, prepare for a lot of "yes no toasters"!
(2)Anyone: Hey! Do you know what time it is?
French: Eeeeh.... Yes no toaster!
Yes no maybe so is a game show held between two people where they ask a question to an eraser then tose the eraser into the air and see what is land on yes no maybe so
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.