racer chaser
n.— «What Cowes does have lots of is yachty totty, or “racer chasers,” as the sailors call them. All the girls love a sailor, and there are plenty of them here; 70 per cent of the 1,000 or so crew members this week are male. Not that the sailors seem too bothered by the attention.» —“ Cowes Week: Where chavs are all at sea” by Bryony Gordon Telegraph (United Kingdom) Aug. 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Our discussion of Anglo-Saxon kennings inspired listener Paul Holler of Arlington Heights, Illinois, to write a lovely poem exploring the idea of the kenning sea-guest, meaning “sailor,” and what it means to be a guest of the sea and what that says...
The now-extinct Tocharian languages were spoken in western China in the latter half of the first millennium CE. We have only fragments of written texts in these languages, but here’s part of a Tocharian love poem that conveys emotions that echo...