(Surfing term): to maneuver one's surfboard in such a manner as to attempt to pass with safety between the supporting pilings of a pier; either "head on", meaning to pass directly under the entire pier from its oceanside terminus to the beach; or "side on", meaning to pass from one side of the pier to the other at an angle oblique to the shoreline prior to reaching the beach.
"Gary said he was going to try and shoot the pier on his longboard, but we talked him out of it."
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Verb (high fashion slang): To walk barefoot on the ball of one's feet (or foot) with the heel elevated, as though one is wearing heeled shoes, most usually in the event that one or both shoes are lost during a fashion show; the object being to maintain balance and poise as best possible.
'When Karolina Kurkova lost her shoe during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, she had to air-heel it down the runway and back"
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Noun: nickname for a striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a game fish which frequents the Eastern shore regions of the United States and Canada.
Chuck almost lost the striper on his surf line, but nearby fishermen helped him land it.
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American military slang: to commence hostilities against an adversary.
After the enemy squad failed to halt their advance on our position, Lt. Johnson shouted "Let 'em have it", and we had to open fire.
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Noun: an alleged, but unsubstantiated, covert operation of the United States of America; with authorization to investigate the possibility of extraterrestrial alien intrusion onto American territory. Purportedly created by executive directive in 1947.
Although many documents have been circulated referencing "Operation Majestic 12", non have to date been officially verified as authentic.
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Person: nickname of American film actress Lauren Bacall, given by her (then) boyfriend, actor Humphrey Bogart, in recognition of her youth in relation to his own age.
Bogart once famously quipped "Whatever Baby wants, Baby gets."
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Verb - to entirely destroy and obliterate, especially via aerial and/or surface bombardment, a specific geographic area or zone, in such manner as that the resultant topography resembles the surface of the EarthΓ’ΒΒs moon.
Γ’ΒΒ. . . subsequent to the R.A.F. operation of 25 April 1945, the Nazi enclosure on the Obersalzberg was shown to have been almost completely lunarized.Γ’ΒΒ
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