snivel gear
n.— «If money is no object, I would use rack mount MultiTech modems with all the monitor snivel gear, Otherwise I would buy 2834’s or 1432’s and just stack them to the ceiling, with wall bar outlets for the transformers.» —“Re: help me build a modem pool” by Keith Smith Usenet: comp.dcom.servers July 23, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Oofless is an antiquated bit of British slang that describes someone temporarily short on cash. It’s from ooftisch, a Yiddish-derived term for “cash placed on the table,” from German auf Tisch. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
While reading Great Expectations (Bookshop|Amazon) by Charles Dickens, a listener in Arlington, Texas, is surprised when one of the characters inherits some money, which Dickens describes as a cool four thousand. Were they really using cool that way...