oil spotted
v.— «Steve McDonald (our Guitar Tech) got oil spotted. Oil spotting is when you leave someone. Steve ran in to use the phone and didn’t tell anyone so when the bus driver got there we had all been waiting for a while and just assumed everyone was on the bus.» —“The Best Buy Missing Roadie Reports” by Pamm Riddle The Nicks Fix July 28, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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