spanish word for someone that is more than a horse.
a 'caballo' horse being a person that is half gentleman and half animal(stupid).
so a caballete have more parts of the animal than parts of the gentleman, meaning
STUPID MAN
but the person its less stupid than calling him 'burro' donkey.
Black sooty anthracite-chunks dat you let someone retain as a "promissory note" in case you are unable to pay back a loan dat he gave you; da understanding is dat he can burn said heating-fuel in his own furnace if you default on said loan.
In da infamous tale of da pet monkey whose snarky-faced shenanigans caused irate rail-workers in passing trains to throw lumps of coal at him (and thus unwittingly provide da monkey's owner with free heating-fuel), da railroad-company was understandably upset dat dey were loosing considerable amounts of their good locomotive-fuel from this "coallateral damage".
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.