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...
pumpkin lily n. an effete or unskilled person; a novice. Also punkin lily. Editorial Note: Nearly all discovered uses this term, including the 1922 and 1958 citations below, come from descriptions of Teddy Roosevelt, then aged 25, at the time of his...
rexing n.— «He says the term roller disco is hard to define, because different regions have different styles of roller disco. In the United States, skaters call it jammin,” in the West it is called rexing, and in other parts of...