An unusually strongfear of Iraq, especially its ability to manufacture and use biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. (A play on arachnophobia, an unusually strong fear of spiders.)
Now that September is here, President Bush can launch his "initial public offering" of stock in his newest product, Iraqnophobia.
An irrational fear of iraq, most common amoungst middle class americans living in the sourthern states of the USA. Symptons include believing what the media claims, voting republican, remembering 9/11 and calling those who disagree terrorists, despite iraq having no connection to either 9/11 or terrorists.
Those who suffer from iraqnophobia often find that displaying a pointlessly large american flag on your house helps. It is unclear why iraqnophobics practice this ritual however.
1. Look what fox news is showing. Looks like they are keeping those iraqnophobics on edge still.
2. "Did you hear, George bush randomly declared war on iraq. Sounds like he has iraqnophobia...
The fear of Iraq and the rest of the middle eastern world due to the mishandling of their home soil. Iraq is simply the poster child. People tend to be afraid of what they don't understand.
America has a severe case of iraqniphobia. America is afraid of Iraq and it's practices because that's what the media spoon feeds them to believe. Sure there's problems, but how many of these problems we're caused by the "mishandling of their home soil?" Granted, there have been improvements since the Iraq "war" began, but all you'll ever hear or read about in the news is "bad news." No one want to report "good news" anymore. It's bad for ratings.
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.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.