pitching
n.— «Most likely a hail of whistles and shouts will accompany the stroller’s arrival as the lookouts warn those “pitching” the drugs that a potential undercover is on the scene.» —“Just Another Night On Crack Street” by Philippe Bourgois New York Times Mag. Nov. 12, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A ballicater is a jagged wall of ice that forms on a frigid shore when pans of ice catch on rocks and slush freezes over them. A Canadian woman who grew up in Newfoundland says she’s warned never to go near one. Ballicater, spelled several ways...
What’s up with ketchup? The shifting history and spelling of the name of this condiment. For centuries, ketchup was a fishy sauce originating in Asia—the tomatoes came only later! Plus, a new book shows what’s lost when a language dies: when there...