The beauty to be found in the midst of devastation or despair. The result of a methodical and intentional approach to difficult and typically life-altering situations that yields beautiful, positive and meaningful outcomes for an intended target (the person who is experiencing misfortune).
In Palliative Medicine, we’re really adept at helping people find the collateral beauty in otherwise sorrowful situations.
She is loving, caring, warm spirited, loveable, and beautiful. She is likeable and dependable, everyone's best friend but do not cross her because just as she is friendly her wrath is cold as ice. She's spontaneous and lives to laugh and have fun. She's optimistic and sees the world in a positive light. She will always bring you joy.
Im having a bad day. I need Calandra to brighten it up and make me smile.
When someone is having major issues in their life that are totally unrelated to you but for some insane reason they are taking it out on you. You are now collateral damage in a fight that they should be having with someone else.
When Julie caught Tommycheating on her she became convinced that all her friends were sleeping with him. She exploded on everyone and we were all collateral damage.
Coochie gained from roasting someone in the process of getting coochie. A vulturistic tactic of turning coochiful interest away from someone getting coochie to stealsaid coochie.
The boys roasted Martin when he was showing a girl falcon heavy landing clips in an attempt to have her become disinterested in Martin and obtain that Collateral Coochie.
When someone alters a Wikipedia article to win a specific argument, anyone who reads the false article before the "error" is corrected suffers from collateral misinformation.
I changed the scientific classification of red foxes last night in order to win an argument with Judy. I hope some stupid High Schoolstudent didn't suffer from collateral misinformation.
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.