Pastimes & Hobbies Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Citations in the Category Pastimes & Hobbies

Hobbies, pastimes, diversions, amusements, fans, amateurs, sidelines, moonlighting, leisure activities, avocations, etc. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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snowmachiner n. He is a champion snowmobiler…er…snowmachiner (as they say in Alaska.) [English Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Sep. 17, 2008)

spanko n. I use the work spanko a lot and I don’t think there is anything derogatory about it. I assume it is a shortened form of spankophile. I don’t know what word you could use to replace it since it is one of the few words that can refer to both the spanker and the spankee and both sexes.…I also don’t think of discipline when I hear “spanko.” I think of toys, play and fun. It’s a new word to me as I have only found these sites about five weeks ago. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 10, 2007)

spankophile n. I use the work spanko a lot and I don’t think there is anything derogatory about it. I assume it is a shortened form of spankophile. I don’t know what word you could use to replace it since it is one of the few words that can refer to both the spanker and the spankee and both sexes.…I also don’t think of discipline when I hear “spanko.” I think of toys, play and fun. It’s a new word to me as I have only found these sites about five weeks ago. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 10, 2007)

speedcubing n. Remember Rubik’s Cube, that devious little puzzle from the 1980s? Well, to paraphrase a movie from that era: It’s back!…Cubing—as it is known—has had a revival, thanks to the growing popularity of “speedcubing” competitions to see who can take a randomly scrambled cube and solve it the fastest. The world record of 9.86 seconds was set last month at a World Cube Association competition in Spain. [English Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (Jun. 26, 2007)

spey cast v. phr. To achieve long casts consistently over a long day of casting, many steelhead fly-anglers in the Northwest have taken up two-handed rods and a technique called spey casting. Traditional single-handed fly casting requires the angler to make a back cast before accelerating the line forward, but spey casters use the tension of the water to load the rod and make an exaggerated roll cast. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Apr. 21, 2007)

spider-rigging n. Huckabee also swears by a trolling technique called “spider-rigging,” in which several rods rigged to different depths are attached to the hull of the boat. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 17, 2006)

stakehorse n. Hustling doesn’t merely involve the players at the table. There was a rogue’s gallery of “stakehorses” (financial backers), “sweaters on the rail” (side bettors) and “nits” (kibitzers). As the gambling spigot has been turned off, the local poolroom—once a civic institution—has almost vanished. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 25, 2007)

sustainer n. Ms. Clark, 56, is a “sustainer,” in league parlance, meaning she has moved to an advisory position. “I’m an old doll. They need us,” she says of the league’s “active” members, the roughly 28-to-35-year-old core of the club, the young women who put the junior in the league. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Relationships Jargon] [full cite] (May. 10, 2004)

sweater on the rail n. Hustling doesn’t merely involve the players at the table. There was a rogue’s gallery of “stakehorses” (financial backers), “sweaters on the rail” (side bettors) and “nits” (kibitzers). As the gambling spigot has been turned off, the local poolroom—once a civic institution—has almost vanished. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 25, 2007)

sword throat n. The most common medical complaint: a sore throat, or “sword throat” as it’s known in the business, which typically occurred while they were still learning, after frequent performances or from stunts involving multiple or odd-shaped swords. Some experienced lower chest pains, often lasting for days, which could be relieved by not swallowing any swords for a few days. Sixteen mentioned intestinal bleeding and one was told a sword had “brushed” his heart. [English Health Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (Feb. 19, 2007)

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