a dreadful condition in which a college student, upon learning of the impending due date of a project, proceeds to stare at said project for an indefinite period of time.
I wasn'table to complete my project because of my stareitis.
1. An infection in the eye or the eye retna which causes the eyes to be confused when looking in one direction. One eye looks in the correct direction, the other looks completely opposite.
2. History has shown that you are able to contract saroitis in the legs if the disease spreads, the only way the disease can spread to the legs is if you have someone who suffers saroitis staring at your legs, or you have had a close physical encounter with a saroitis sufferer.
Doctor: "Hi there, unfortunately you have contracted saroitis in your right retna"
Doctor: "You have contracted a disease of the right retna of your eye which will cause a general lack of direction of the eye, one eye will go left, one eye will go right"
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.