crack back
n.— «Jones employs sports metaphors to discuss former high school basket baller Washington’s infamous faggot flinging…SJ: Do you know how to pad yourself appropriately so that when the hit comes? IW: It depends. There’s a technique called the crack back designed to cut you off at the knees before you can respond to it. SJ: What happens when you do not evade the “crack back”? IW: You get hurt. And you’re taken out the game completely.» —“Star Jones Chops Up Isaiah Washington” Queerty Aug. 20, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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