Referring to either Twitter.com or Tumblr.com. A term used by the site's users when talking about the platform in an insulting matter, typically when a controversy occurs, or simply because they saw a particularly bad post. Like hell, the websites are a place of torture that they cannot leave.
"Just saw a post of someone defendingCP. Get me off this hellsite!"
"So the moderators of this hellsite are removing any NSFW posts now. WTF?"
"Every other news cycle, when any particular quake related to someone saying something stupid or disagreeable or out of touch or oftentimes simply oversharey occurs, it triggers a recurrent tsunami of contemplation of why any of us in the industry are on the hellsite at all."
- Delia Cai writing for Vanity Fair, April 14 2022
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.