Results for “pig tail”

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Pigtail
noun

A short jumper wire used to connect a device to a circuit without breaking the run.

#construction#electrical#wiring#trades
pigskin
noun

A football.

#sports#ball#general
pig's ear
noun

Rhyming slang for beer, clipped to 'pig's'.

#cockney#london#british#rhyming
Pigeons
noun

Brevity code: magnetic bearing and range to a destination.

#military#army#brevity#aviation
pig-dog
noun

A crouched backside stance for riding barrels backhand.

#skater#surf#barrel#technique
Tail-end Charlie
phrase

Rear gunner in a WWII bomber — the most exposed crewman on the aircraft.

#military#raf#wwii#bomber-command
Bobtail
noun, verb

A semi-truck driving with no trailer attached — just the tractor unit on its own.

#trucker#cb-radio#semi#logistics
tailor-made
noun

A factory-made (shop-bought) cigarette.

#prison#criminal#tobacco#luxury
stool pigeon
noun

A police informer planted among criminals.

#prison#criminal#informer#betrayal
tailwinds
noun

Favourable forces speeding progress up.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
lipstick on a pig
phrase

Superficial changes to something fundamentally flawed.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
retail
noun

Ordinary individual investors, as opposed to big institutions.

#finance#stocks#wsb#individual
Shavetail
noun

A new second lieutenant.

#military#army#rank#officer
Detail
noun

An assigned, usually undesirable, work task.

#military#army#duty#chore
GI cocktail
noun

A mixed oral remedy for heartburn or dyspepsia

#medical#nursing#gastro#treatment
tailslide
noun

Sliding on the underside of the tail along a ledge.

#skater#surf#trick#slide
tail
noun

The back, upturned end you pop for ollies.

#skater#surf#hardware#anatomy
tailwhip
noun

Kicking the frame a full revolution around the head tube while the rider stays put.

#skater#surf#bmx#trick
tailtap
noun

Landing on a ramp's deck on just the back tire while holding the brakes.

#skater#surf#bmx#trick
rooster tail
noun

A high spray of powder thrown up behind a turning board.

#skater#surf#snowboarding#powder
whistle pig
noun

A groundhog (woodchuck).

#american#regional#animal#nickname
happy as a pig in slop
phrase

Perfectly content.

#american#regional#happy#simile
putting lipstick on a pig
phrase

Dressing up something that's still bad.

#american#regional#idiom#superficial
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
phrase

Alert, eager, and energetic.

#american#regional#alert#idiom
tell me X without telling me X
phrase

Prompt format inviting indirect self-disclosure through telling details.

#twitter#tiktok#format#meme
exit liquidity
noun

The retail buyers smart money dumps their bags on.

#crypto#web3#trading#insult
apes
noun

Retail traders piling into the same trade as one feral pack.

#wallstreetbets#gamestop#reddit#meme-stocks
wood grain
phrase

Wood-grain steering wheel — a signature interior detail of a Houston slab.

#texas#hip-hop#houston#cars
Rocking chair
noun phrase

A truck riding safely tucked between the lead and tail of a convoy.

#trucker#cb-radio#convoy#highway
Boiler room
noun

A high-pressure phone-bank operation cold-calling retail to dump dodgy stock.

#finance#wall-street#fraud#sales
shrink
noun

Retail's catch-all word for inventory that vanished — theft, error, damage, fraud.

#retail#loss-prevention#inventory#store-ops
clock
verb

To see through the illusion and catch the detail that gives it away.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#aave
Flogging
noun / verb

Striking a bottom with a multi-tailed whip called a flogger.

#kink#bdsm#leather#lgbtq
pelau
noun

A one-pot rice dish with pigeon peas and browned meat.

#caribbean#patois#food#cuisine
agouti
noun

A small rodent related to the guinea pig

#caribbean#patois#animals#nature
onion skin
noun

Ultra-thin skin that exaggerates muscle detail.

#gym#fitness#physique#conditioning
TBA
phrase

To be announced; details coming later.

#texting#acronym#planning#events
dispensary
noun

A licensed retail store selling cannabis.

#weed#cannabis#420#retail
doo
noun

A pigeon or dove

#scottish#irish#animals#birds
deep dive
noun

A detailed, thorough examination of a topic.

#corporate#office#work#meetings