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chromatic aberration

Extreme public display of bad taste in dressing, with loud and clashing colors.

Aberration. Psychology: A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state.
Chromatic aberration should be taxed. No one should be allowed to assault others with such a display of extreme bad taste.
Laura is almost a perfect woman, beautiful and loaded, but she is an acute and embarrassing case of chromatic aberration.

chromatic aberration

A major glitchy effect in editing videos that can suggest the presence of something otherworldly or affecting the broadcast. Often used as an editing choice in order to add spookiness or perhaps hidden details to the underlying story of a medium such as a show, movie, or ARG.
The red chromatic aberration in this one shot, given the context, suggests some type of arcane influence the character is under.

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Markiplier's 3 Scary Games series uses a lot of chromatic aberration to showcase the spooky side of certain characters and their intentions.

abort an aberration 

While doing something, to realize, through an epiphany, that it is meaningless/retargerous, and therefore abandon the project before it turns into a Frankenstein nightmare
I'd rather abort an aberration than go travelling 'round the world like gypsies and pirates

to abort an aberration 

to start doing something, epiphanetically realize that it's meaningless and/or retargerous, then aborting your project because you don't to suffer the subsequent negative consequences.
if, without engineering knowledge, you are going to build a electric chair in your basement, you better be prepared to abort an aberration

abort an aberration 

W hike doing something, to realize, through an epiphany, that it is meaningless/ retargerous, and therefore abandon the project before it turns into Frankenstein
I'd rather abort an aberration than go travelling round the world like gypsies and pirates

Abservation 

Looking and comparing midsections when out people watching.
Look at that hotties stomach! (Friend) Hey dude that's some serious bit of abservation!
Abservation by Paul Khanna June 27, 2008
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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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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.
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