white prosciutto n.— «Sometimes euphemistically called “white prosciutto,” lardo is pork back fat that’s been salted and aged. It’s advanced salumi, and nearly impossible to find.» —“Race for the Cured” by...
red-boarding v.— «On thinking things over, or Own should have been played, for “red-boarding” the race, On Your several reasons.» —“On Your Own, 10-1 Aqueduct Victor” by Joseph C. Nichols New York...
redboard v.— «Red-boarding. Many horseplayers torment their brethren by second-guessing after the race has been run—a practice known as red-boarding because the red “Official” sign is already lit.» —“The Double...
weather war n.— «In the States, they have a name for the media’s increasingly demented obsession with meteorological phenomena: “weather wars.” Anyone who has watched a US reporter narrowly avoid being blown off a rain-lashed...
less-than-a-hundred-mile-an-hour tape n.— «The regular tape is called less-than-a-hundred-mile-an-hour tape in the industry, and you use that for a lot of things short of the skin. This speed tape is specifically made for speeds a hundred...
hesher n.— «Their a heavy metal band. (yah know, the people with hair down to their butts, and all drive those shitty rusted cameros and firebirds up and down the streets trying to race each other, and then the butt ugly hesher girls all...