100-mile-an-hour tape n.— «To compensate for the darkness we attached chemical glow sticks to the stakes contained in the pit. We used duck tape, also known as “100 Mile an Hour Tape,” to secure the glow sticks. I guess you...
paint the tape v. phr.— «With another contemporary art auction cycle upon us, naive observers are again wondering about the huge prices engendered by hedge-fund speculation in contemporary art. How exactly is it done? The answer lies in a...
bag-skate stick n.— «He hauled out a “bag-skate” stick for the 54 minutes of torture. What’s a bag-skate stick? “When they’re going to work your bag off, you get a stick with no tape on it,” Buchberger said...
leave everything on the field v. phr.— «First he held forth at length the press conference for long stretches, then spent three solid hours that evening at the CBS party at the Rose Bowl, glad-handing critics on the stadium turf and...
redneck chrome
n.— «Go get a estimate or cover it with duck tape (redneck chrome) silver by choice.» —“Re: Removing Dents” by Gerald Kunferman Usenet: alt.autos May 4, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
hillbilly chrome n. duct tape; metallic (aerosol) paint. Also Alabama chrome, Arkansas chrome, Georgia chrome, ghetto chrome, Mexican chrome, redneck chrome, Tijuana chrome, Wisconsin chrome. Editorial Note: Usually jocular and mildly derogatory...