“Catch my fade,” meaning, “I’m going to beat you up,” takes from a 100-year-old usage of fade. To fade someone meant to punish, beat, or conquer another. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Etymology of Catch My Fade” Hello, you have...
four-spotting n.— «Like most professional golfers, Lowery has suffered through his own trail of lament.…There was losing his TOUR card and the two years of surviving the vagaries of Monday qualifying, “four-spotting” as it is sometimes called...
to-do haole n.— «In these jungled thickets, hot enough to make lipstick melt, the escapist Garden of Eden fantasies of “to-do haole,” as rich Caucasians are called, converge and occasionally collide with native truths.» —“In the Land of the Lotus...
canoe plant n.— «The garden, which offers self-guided tours, is an ethnobotanical wonder of both native and “canoe plants,” brought from other islands by Polynesians.» —“In the Land of the Lotus Eaters” by Patricia Leigh Brown in Maui, Hawaii New...
talk story v. phr.— «The workers would lunch together in the fields, “talking story” (another uniquely local term) and inevitably sharing each other’s homemade meals.» —“Maui’s Mixed Plate” by Bruce Sach Epoch Times Jan. 31, 2006. (source: Double...
oar hoar n.— «This is a relatively new form of surfing, a Laird Hamilton creation. It has not officially been given a name but is currently referred to as “Beach Boy Surfing” though “oar surfing” and “oar hoar” are gaining popularity. It is a type...
