walking skin cancer

English

Noun

walking skin cancer

1. (rare, potentially derogatory, offensive) A person with very pale skin, most likely of Caucasian origin, who is predisposed to developing skin cancer.
   • 1989 May 5, “361, I SPECIAL ISSUE”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     A 63-year-old, fair-skinned, blue-eyed gentleman of Celtic origin is a “walking skin cancer.” His face, back, and chest were first assaulted by x-ray therapy for severe, teenage acne. Later, in Egypt, working shirtless, as a field engineer, the entire upper half of his body received the full brunt of constant, strong actinic radiation.

   • 2003 August 20, Julia Sommerfeld, “Skin-cancer risk not enough to scare teen girls who tan”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]:

     "There are girls at school we call tanorexic," the spiral-haired teen said. "They are obsessed with tanning, they go in the beds every day and, oh, my God, it's so gross, they look so dark it's like walking skin cancer."

   • 2016 January 30, “Alan Crawford knows how to take care of Costal Skin Problems”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3], archived from the original on 18 December 2022:

     The Sun is strong but with a yearly visit to Alan Crawford you don't have to look like a walking skin cancer. It takes me about 10 minutes a year know I will live to be old and still enjoy the outdoors sports that coastal living provides.

   • 2018 April 3, Clare Stephens, Jessie Stephens, “The Twins recap Bach in Paradise: Jake is a goddamn snake.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4]:

     Surprisingly, he chooses Ali to take on his date, and we just hope it is indoors because goddammit Jarrod is a walking skin cancer and he needs some shade.