A person who is afraid of being happy. Mostly, cherophobic people doesn't want to be happy because they feel like something bad or tragic will happen sooner after they become happy.
These people believe that life is fair. They believe that when it's right, something always will go wrong.
She's cherophobic. She keeps herself from being happy because she believes that when something good happens, something tragic will happen right after.
1. Afraid of time. Scared to think of future changes and eventual death that awaits us all.
2. Afraid of chronic. Dad got high and hit mom when you were a kid, now the sight of chronic gives you the chills and makes you want to throw up in your mouth.
1. I took a sledgehammer to my clock because I'm chronophobic
2. I took a sledgehammer to some stoner at a party because I'm chronophobic.
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.