Apapsyche: Apas (Sanskrit for work or working) and psyche (Greek for Self, Soul and Mind, the Esoteric realms of Man). Apapsyche (Operational Energy of ones Soul). Apapsyche stands for that which allows one to perceive and experience. The "I" of Rene Descartes, which perceived his thinking.
When one has a sense of oneself being somehow separate from what one is saying or doing, ones attention is experiencing itself being in ones Apapsyche and momentarily separate from ones brain and thinking or ones body and doing.
What allowed Rene Descartes to "think" was his Apapsyche. What allows one to "chose" not to do somehting in spite of one wanting to do something, is ones Apapsyche providing one access to ones Conscience.
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.