cupcake
v.— «I don’t care if Dan Grande cupcakes his way to victory; I’m just wishing that he would throw it down against the big dogs once in a while.» —“Kyle Reid 5k” by John Buffalo Runners Forum June 18, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
We’ve talked before about dog rescue groups’ convention of naming litters of puppies according to a theme. Any idea why a recent litter of pups included Ramp, Slingshot, Kicker, and Flipper? They were all named for terms involved in pinball...
After our conversation about various names for a television remote control, a listener emailed to say that early remote controls produced an audible tone that activated the TV channel changer and volume, and whenever his dogs Lupe and Bubba stood up...