nightmare fuel
nounEtymology
Coined in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1993 to describe a laughing animatronic in the movie Santa Claus.
Definitions
Something that is capable of inducing nightmares, often by being highly disturbing.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nightmare fuel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA