1. A combination of horrible and awful used to describe extremely tenuous situations, especially situations that may lead to gruesome life or death outcomes.
2. Describing something that is particularly bleak where there is presumably no escape.
First popularized by Cinepals YouTube creators Jaby and Achara.
This is horriful! The spaceship is running out of oxygen, the alien is loose, escape pods are not working, and the captain is dead. Chances are we are not going to make it off of this spaceship alive.
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.