tiger striping
n.— «Open a woman’s magazine and look at how many ads there are for creams to remove not “very lovely tiger striping” but “unsightly stretch marks.” We are NEVER told that stretch marks are attractive. You can’t cure a lifetime of put-downs with one “I think you’re pretty.”» —“Re: something I just wanted to complain about” by Janis Maria Cortese Usenet: alt.pagan July 15, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Understanding the varieties of conversational styles can mean the difference between feeling you’re understood and being insulted. “High-involvement” speakers interrupt or talk along with someone else to signal their enthusiasm...
Cat hair may be something you brush off, but cat hair is also a slang term that means “money.” In the same way, cat beer isn’t alcoholic — some people use cat beer as a joking term for “milk.” And imagine walking on a...