alligator arm n.pl.— «Still, John Lewis wishes he had a quarter for every alligator-arm quip he’s heard. “People always say if my arms were longer, I might reach more balls, but I try not to take it personally,” he said...
vert adj.— «The Salida skatepark offers only one type of skating—what’s known as “vert” skating. A street skating component would be the next step.» —“Popular sport spurred on by park” Mountain...
death cookie n. especially in skiing, a chunk or clump of ice that makes a sport difficult. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
clen n.— «Jackie Warner and fellow LA trainer Chad Mouton say more and more women are using the drug clenbuterol, a potentially lifethreatening steroid-like substance, to slim down ridiculously quickly. Legal only for use in horses—it was...
shoobie n.— «It’s not the people, perhaps, that we’re so concerned about who start fishing in March or April and continue to fish into late November, Rather, it’s the little folks, “shoobies” as we refer to them, who perhaps...
gravity bike n.— «Kevin Martin, a 20-year-old Milpitas man, was killed Saturday near Santa Cruz, after he allegedly lost control of a bicycle with no pedals while riding downhill, and hit a sport utility vehicle.…The fatal crash...