When someone is relatively afraid of being in a shut-in space, or confined to an area with a large amount of ethnic minorities. This can generally be attributed to being racist.
When three black men entered the already packed bus, Margret suddenly felt classtrophobic.
Fear of being in enclosed spaces. Not necessarily small spaces, although many claustrophobic people don't like these much either. The main issue is being trapped in somewhere you can't get out of easily. Claustrophobic people may avoid or feel uncomfortable in situations like flying in a plane, being in the middle of a crowd, or using an elevator.
Friend: Now we just take the elevator up to the ninety-seventh floor...oh, I forgot. You've got claustrophobia. Better take the stairs then *sigh*
Me: Actually, like many others with claustrophobia I still use elevators, because we don't let it control our entire lives.
The feeling you get after being in a car for many hours, or even just a little while. It can be related to being claustrophobic, but only used when talking about cars.
Bill - "We need to pull over soon, I'm starting to get carstrophobic!
Steve - "Allright, just give me a minute and we can stop at this McDonalds.
Squidward:Stop im claustrophobic
Patrick:What does that mean?
Spongebob:It means he has the fear of santa claus Patrick:hohhohohoho!!
Spongebob:STOP!! YOUR scaring him!!
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.
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.