A sudden and aggressive wave of unsolicited criticism, beauty advice, or self-improvement recommendations delivered at the absolute worst possible time.
Unlike a shark attack, a Chak-attack is rarely physically fatal — but emotionally, the victim may never fully recover.
Example:
“We were already late for the airport when my mom launched into a full Chak-attack about my sister needing highlights, a haircut, and better posture while she was driving us through busy urban traffic.”
A sudden and aggressive wave of unsolicited criticism, beauty advice, or self-improvement recommendations delivered at the absolute worst possible time.
Unlike a shark attack, a Chak-attack is rarely physically fatal — but emotionally, the victim may never fully recover.
Example:
“We were already late for the airport when my mom launched into a full Chak-attack about my sister needing highlights, a haircut, and better posture while she was driving us through busy urban traffic.”
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)