fluorescent tan
n.— «If you’re trying to sort out your London parking-ticket problem, you’re speaking to someone getting a fluorescent tan in a tin shed just outside Forres.» —“Are call centres the answer or the end of the line?” by Tom Morton Scotsman (Glasgow, Scotland) Nov. 22, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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