When 2 or more cats run down a flight of stairs, causing a rumbling sound and knocking over everything in their path. This often due to excitement and/or food.
"What happened to you, James? You look like you got in a fight."
"No, no...I just got caught in a catalanche and was swept down the stairs."
It's winter, it's been dumping all night, and you now have a foot of snow on the roof of your car. You're driving somewhere, hit the brakes, and all the snow on your roof slides forward and buries your windshield. You've just been hit with a carvalanche!
See also fenderberg.
Me: I was heading up to the mountain for first tracks, but some flatlander in an SUV cut me off and I had to hit the brakes.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.