cray-cray
adj.— «While shredding like cray-cray on the Red Buffalo and Centennial runs, I began to note how boarding was quite different from skiing.» —“Trading a pair of skis for a board” by Ian Cropp Vail Daily (Colo.) Dec. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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