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spluckle

spluckle  n.— «A splitter just drops straight down at the end. Rich’s knuckles out of his hand and floats around and then drops. It’s a splitter that knuckles. It’s a spluckle.» —“Notes: Harden has the full arsenal” by...

Tom walkers

Tom walkers  n.pl.— «What are “Tom walkers,” you say? Why, bless yoru heart, don’t go talking about “stilts” out there in Oakland City. They are “Tom walkers” to everybody and every kid.» —“‘Tom...

sideshow

sideshow  n.— «They had to get to the “sideshow,” a dangerous and illegal frenzy of speeding and acrobatic driving perhaps best described as vehicular break dancing.» —“Deadly Swerves and Spins” by Louis...

sidin

sidin  n.— «Maneuvers include sidin’—another term for doughnuts—and dippin’, in which a driver hits the brakes and the gas to make a car rock back and forth in time to, say, Tupac Shakur’s “Starin’ in My Rearview” or Mac Dre’s...

gettin stupid

gettin stupid  n.— «Then there is gettin’ stupid, in which drivers or spectators dance spasmodically, sometimes on the hoods of moving cars.» —“Deadly Swerves and Spins” by Louis Sahagun in Oakland, Calif. Los...

spread your wings

spread your wings  n.— «With sexually explicit rap music thumping from oversized speakers, cars spun and fishtailed with passengers hanging out of open doors and windows, a move called “spread your wings.”» —“Deadly...