From: jerryd@rain.org (Jerry Dunn)
Hi, Back before the skating newsgroups separated, I wrote asking for inline skating slang for my book, to be called "Idiom Savant: Slang As It Is Slung" (Fall 1995, Simon & Schuster). Here's the summary I said I'd post.
No doubt I've made errors, especially in usage. Maybe you can add example sentences to some definitions, to show how the terms are properly used.
Please send any corrections, additions, or examples to me by e-mail: jerryd@rain.org.
Thanks so much again! You're a very helpful, fun group of people.
Cheers,
Jerry Dunn
air Kedidi n. when you jump into the air with feet flailing, usually just before a big fall. Named for a skater.
bacon-in-the-pan n. when you wipe out badly on a ramp and slide back down to the bottom.
black snake n. tar lines on the street.
bumping n. skating down stairs; can be done forwards, backwards, even sideways. Syn. bashing.
cab n. a backwards 360. Syn fakie 360.
chunk v. to damage your wheels so they have pits or missing pieces. "I chunked my tires."
fakie adj. prefix used for any trick done backwards. Example: fakie 360.
grinding n. jumping up onto a curb and sliding across it on your skates.
home run n. a fall while grinding in which both feet slide out from under you, as if you were sliding into home plate.
layed out adj. prefix for tricks done with the body fully extended. "A layed out backflip is not recommended!"
McTwist n. a ramp trick in which you become upside-down, do a 540, and land back on the ramp.
180 n. 180-degree jump; i.e., half a revolution. Rel. 360, 540, 720, 900.
rail slide n. sliding on your skates down a handrail.
rewind n. a 180 performed off a handrail while sliding and rolling backwards.
road rash n. any wound associated with unintentional momentum reduction induced by contact with pavement.
rocket air n. jump made on a ramp while holding on to your skates. Rel. Japan air, method air, mute air.
scitz (skitch) v. to hold on to a moving automobile to get a free ride across part of town or up a hill. "I scitzed a ride on a Mercedes this morning."
soul grind n. a grind in which the back foot slides along the sole and the front foot is perpendicular to the curb.
stall n. when you jump up on an object, hold still for a couple of seconds, and then jump off.
Superman slide n. a forward-facing slide done on your protected hands and toe wheels.
tires n. skate wheels.
tweakie adj. prefix for tricks done with the body tucked. Syn. tweaked out. "That was a tweaked out back flip."