spit game
v.— «The basement was packed w/ a local go-go band and the brothers were working out! The place was packed and everyone was just jumping up and down. Could really spit game and ask a chic to dance…just jump next to her 😉 WILD.» —“Go-Go” by Chad Mboya-Joe Darby (cd1l+@andrew.cmu.edu) Usenet: rec.music.funky July 7, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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