chicken head

chicken head
 n.— «At Jackson Hole watch for “scud missiles” ie tips of jagged rocks flush with the surface that tear up your bases!…Scud missles are also “chicken heads” and “lunar surface.”» —“Re: Skiing Slang Wanted” Usenet: rec.skiing.alpine Apr. 28, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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