A Hollywood entrance, in spelunker slang, is when a cave has a large, epic opening. Burkard Bilger’s epic article in The New Yorker on the world of squeeze freaks and other extreme cavers contains lots of great caving slang. This is part of a...
big snip n.— «Taking me to the vet for "the big snip," then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back. » —“Dog Pet Peeves About Humans” by Jazz Lady Southern Maryland Community Forums Mar. 22, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued...
garbage head n.— «Before entering treatment, Blade was a “garbage head” and needle freak. “I used everything. You name it, I used it,” he said. He fell in love with the needle.» —“Ex-Addicts Work the Streets for State” Newsday (Long Island, N.Y...
jade berg n.— «Ms Evans used a video camera to record some of the sights she hopes to reflect in her music, such as the drifting icebergs that were like “outposts at the end of the world,” the beauty of a “jade berg” (iceberg) and an aurora that...
sack dance
n.— «Who could begrudge the Joelgernaut a celebratory sack dance?» —by Stefan Fatsis Word Freak July 7, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
squick v. to disturb, unsettle, make uneasy; to cause disgust or revulsion; to gross (someone) out; to freak (someone) out. Also noun, something which causes disgust, revulsion, or uneasiness, or the disgust, revulsion, or uneasiness itself. Also...