serial killer glasses

noun

A style of prescription eyeglasses with large lenses, a thin metal frame, and a double nose bridge, similar to aviator sunglasses.

Similar
double-bridge glassesJeffrey Dahmer glassespedophile glasses

Meanings

nounserial killer glasses pl (plural only)

alternative serial-killer glasses

  1. 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, Lexicon
    2 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 Freakshow

    RL: […] 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 150

    Synonyms: 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.

Similar
double-bridge glassesJeffrey Dahmer glassespedophile glasses

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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