flairing
n.— «Steve Rodwell, a 29-year-old who is also a Sydney-based beverage consultant, explains that a flare master does flairing, which is balancing, catching, flipping, spinning or throwing bar products and tools—bottles, glasses, napkins, straws—with finesse and style.» —“Fun behind the bar” by Philip Golingai The Start (Malaysia) Oct. 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Old. Elderly. Senior. Why are we so uncomfortable when we talk about reaching a certain point in life? An 82-year-old seeks a more positive term to describe how she feels about her age. And: a linguist helps solve a famous kidnapping case, using the...
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...