Meanings
alternative serial-killer glasses
- pluralplural onlyslangA style of prescription eyeglasses with large lenses, a thin metal frame, and a double nose bridge, similar to aviator sunglasses.
A man in a trucker cap with hollow cheeks and serial killer glasses eyed him over hash browns.
2013, Max Barry, Lexicon2 more examples
The nerd looked down at him through eyes that looked huge behind his large lenses. And Craig couldn't help it — he started giggling like a schoolgirl. "My God, I don't believe it — serial killer glasses!"
2007, Bryan Smith, The FreakshowRL: […] I’ve been told that I look like a sexual threat, and that I give off the appearance of someone who was experienced…with women. RS: Don’t forget those serial killer glasses. You got rid of those. You got new glasses.
2014 June 10, Robert Stark, Robert Lindsay, “Robert Stark and Robert Lindsay talk Elliot Rogers.^([sic]) […]”, in Francis Nally, editor, The Stark Truth With Robert Stark: A Legacy 2009-2018, Philadelphia, Pa.: Choam Charity Publishing, published 2018, →ISBN, page 150Synonyms: double-bridge glasses, Jeffrey Dahmer glasses, pedophile glasses
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA style of prescription eyeglasses with large lenses, a thin metal frame, and a double nose bridge, similar to aviator sunglasses.
Origin
For having been worn by famous serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Rader, Dennis Nilsen, and Douglas Franklin Wright.
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