Paying lip-service to an idea or ideology while secretly being opposed to it. Originally used of secret dissenters from Islam, it was applied by Czeslaw Milosz in his 1953 book The Captive Mind to those inwardly opposing Communist orthodoxy while appearing to comply with it dictates. See also shuck and jive.
1. A Germanfamily who gives caterpillars to each other every night. From the word "kreit", in German it means caterpillar, stating that their ancestors performed the famous caterpillar on each other as well
2. A crazy person who likes pegging/making strange facial expressions
3. Kreit, also coming from the word ketchup-a person who loves ketchup.
Dude, did you see bobby last night when he was drunk? Man he was like a kreitman you should've seen it!
dave: Hey man, pass the ketchup
bill: Dude, what the fuck you have plenty! Who do you think you are, a kreitman?
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.