serial killer glasses

English

Etymology

For having been worn by famous serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Rader, and Dennis Nilsen.

Noun

serial killer glasses pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) A style of prescription eyeglasses with large lenses, a thin metal frame, and a double nose bridge, similar to aviator sunglasses.
    • 2007, Bryan Smith, The Freakshow‎[1]:
      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!"
    • 2013, Max Barry, Lexicon‎[2]:
      A man in a trucker cap with hollow cheeks and serial killer glasses eyed him over hash browns.
    • 2016, Josh Wilker, Benchwarmer: A Sports-Obsessed Memoir of Fatherhood‎[3]:
      Lundy was the primary backup to both Tector and the starting power forward, a bruising human expressway girder in serial-killer glasses, Bellini.

Synonyms

  • double-bridge glasses, Jeffrey Dahmer glasses, pedophile glasses
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