squirrel-gripping
n.— «Unfortunately none of the reports I’ve seen have explained the chair-sniffing incident, which just has to have a story behind it. Buswell has, however, been accused of grabbing the testicles of MP Murray Cowper, which is apparently known in slang as “squirrel-gripping.” I had never heard this expression before but now I’m left with the question of whether “playing soccer with a quokka’” does not in fact have anything to do with football. I really don’t want to know what was meant.» —“If the country’s going Gracie so can you” by austin_dern Coati mundane May 21, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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Steve, a singer-songwriter from Rock Springs, Wyoming, shares some slang he picked up while months riding the rails and busking. Spanging refers to panhandling, from asking for “spare change.” The term bull refers to a type of security...