hillbilly chrome n.— «I still wear those to this day. Some old guy in Nashville even offered to buy me a new pair. I’ve had those eight years and there’s holes in them, hillbilly chrome [duct tape] on top, but the fit is right. I had a...
dec-dec adj.— «I made my ascension from rookie to “prolly gonna get sponsored soon,” aka I’m dec-dec. (Dec-dec: fairly decent. I’ve picked up the new vernacular and have mixed it with my old skiing mentality.)» —“Trading...
cray-cray adj.— «While shredding like cray-cray on the Red Buffalo and Centennial runs, I began to note how boarding was quite different from skiing.» —“Trading a pair of skis for a board” by Ian Cropp Vail...
spooty adj.— «Finished the quest for sheep skins and it gives me a pair of spooty gloves i can’t use.» —“Blearg” by Seben The place that’s left when your heart gets ripped out (Walla Walla, Wash.) Nov. 11...
pierce nez n.— «Pierce-nez eyeglasses. Shannon sez: I just did an interview with gaming miniatures designer James Sooy about a design project he’s just completed, a pair of frameless eyeglasses held in place by a single bridge piercing...
Big Apple n.— «So many people have asked the writer about the derivation of his phrase, “the big apple,” that he is forced to make another explanation. New Orleans has called it to his mind again. A number of years back, when...