twisting
n.— «Chee, who prefers his mouth rather than a helium tank to blow up balloons the past 14 years, said he never saw “twisting,” as the medium is called, as his livelihood.» —“Scottsdale artist blows away audiences with balloons” by John Leptich East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Arizona) Jan. 15, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Stunt performers in movies have their own jargon for talking about their dangerous work. In New York City, the slang term brick means “cold,” and dumb brick means “really cold.” Plus: the East and Central African tradition...