TagOakland

ghost ridin

ghost ridin  n.— «Ghost ridin’ means jumping out of a moving vehicle—usually stolen—and letting it smash into another car, home or business.» —“Deadly Swerves and Spins” by Louis Sahagun in Oakland, Calif. Los...

dipping

dipping  n.— «According to Green, some of Baeza’s passengers said the other van was “dipping,” a street term meaning the driver would “hit the gas, then brake, then swerve to make it rock.”» —“Future father is...

toe tuck

toe tuck  n.— «Dr. Oliver Zong is a New York podiatrist who has built his career around cosmetic foot surgery. He offers “toe tucks” to slim the pinky toe and “foot facelifts” to narrow and beautify the whole foot...

foot facelift

foot facelift  n.— «Dr. Oliver Zong is a New York podiatrist who has built his career around cosmetic foot surgery. He offers “toe tucks” to slim the pinky toe and “foot facelifts” to narrow and beautify the whole...

punk

punk  v.— «Clark isn’t fighting the transfer, and under the Oakland police union contract, there is little that can be done because Clark was bumped—or “punked” in the parlance of Oakland police officers—out of the North...

scraper

scraper  n.— «I got rid of the dubbs on my white scraper cause they rubbed to much so i slapped on the 17″ wit vouges from my other scraper.» —“Ozzie’s Oldsmobile: ‘The Scraper’” by ozzie94 in Oakland, Calif...