roller skate effect n.— «There is also what is called the roller skate effect, where the wheels and tires are too small for the body. (Volkswagens of the 1980s seemed to have especially small wheels proportionally, and fell prey to this...
snow roller n.— «Stanford found frozen doughnuts of snow on the top of Washington Pass in the North Cascades this week when he was doing avalanche-control work. At first he couldn’t believe his eyes: Perfectly shaped doughnuts had rolled...
dune bashing n.— «He lets out some of the air from the wheels of the jeep. This is to reduce the pressure for what is called “dune bashing”—or desert driving—which has been previously described to us as an “Arabian roller...
roller fag n.— «The lack of respect most skateboards had for in-line skating is frequently equated with femininity and homosexuality. One skater said that she and her friends called in-line skates, “gay boots.” I have often...
gay boots n.pl.— «The lack of respect most skateboards had for in-line skating is frequently equated with femininity and homosexuality. One skater said that she and her friends called in-line skates, “gay boots.” I have often...
vomit comet n.— «Chris had just ridden the new roller coaster four times in a row, but he insisted he was still seeing things straight. The coaster is part of perhaps the park’s weirdest section of all, called Paradise Pier. It’s a...