yard sale
n.— «The “yard sale” resulted completely from the fact that I was going to fast, given the fact that I was coming down from an easy slope where all the folks around me were going waaaay slower, and doing occasional panic stops.» —“Re: T’ai-Chi Skiing: the Dance of the Cosmos” by pkharvey@aol.com (PKHarvey) Usenet: alt.magick Oct. 21, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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