The widely preferred almost-acronym for the California Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System (CalATERS) because state employees HATE it due to the sheer difficulty people have navigating its website which everyone assumes is entirely intentionally built into the process to prevent reimbursement.
I spent almost the entire day trying to figure out how to use the CalHATERS website until I began to hallucinate that a giant panda was destroying everything on my desk and so once I began to realize that it may be virtually impossible to get reimbursed, I just gave up on it and acknowledged that the money I’d spent on my licensure and all of the expenses I had related to travel for the whole year was just down the drain!
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.