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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crop n. A “crop” is the term for a get-together of scrapbookers, similar to the term “bee” for a group of quilters. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 20, 2008)

cubing 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)

cud n. Major Die Breaks are often referred to as “cuds,” a slang holdover term from the 1960s that stuck. A cud occurs when a section of the die face and corresponding shank breaks away and leaves a void in the die in its place. The die will then strike coins with a raised blob of unstruck metal that has been partially forced up into the void during the strike. [English Money & Finance Pastimes & Hobbies Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2008)

cyclo-tourist n. “If it doesn’t show up in the drug controls, then it’s not doping.” The UCI announced that it was targeting 10 or so “men in black”—riders who trained in far-flung, secret locations in black jerseys that disguised their identities, ostensibly to foil drug-testers. What’s the big deal, replied Astana in a statement. Yes, our riders sometimes train in plain clothes—not to avoid UCI “vampires,” as the drug-testers are called—but to foil “cyclo-tourists” who are always trying to get autographs. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2007)

dB race v. phr. We arrive in the lot of the Autoland Superstore in Niagara Falls yesterday afternoon, for a contest to see who has the loudest car stereo.…The dB race competitions are held all over the world, the international record in the “extreme” category—cars that are so laden with noise insulation, slabs of concrete and reinforced Plexiglas that make them impossible to actually drive on the road—is 179.6 decibels, set by an American last year.…Real decibel racers don’t roll down the windows at all. [English Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (Jul. 30, 2007)

deadstock adj. Legions of collectors are standing, zombielike, in the wee hours outside shoe stores, waiting for them to open, mumbling words like “deadstock” and “F.O.T.B.” These people, mostly young men, are called sneakerheads. Sneakerheads want one thing: the coolest, rarest sneaker on the market, whether it be Adidas, Bape or Reebok.…(Deadstock, by the way, means a foot has never been inside the shoe. F.O.T.B. means fresh out of the box.) [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (May. 16, 2006)

doll husband n. The new movie “Lars and the Real Girl” is pulling back the curtain on an unusual world where people find companionship in the arms of eerily lifelike silicone dolls.…The dolls are so realistic, light years beyond the cartoonish vinyl blow-ups of gag-gift fame, that some owners treat them as spouses—even to the point of calling themselves “doll husbands.” [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 31, 2007)

egger n. Four years later spring is back, and with it, thankfully, the osprey, guarding her second clutch since the trauma. Back too, however, is that obsessive breed of predator known as the egg collector.…“Eggers”, as they call themselves, seemingly transcend occupational and class boundaries. [English Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (May. 14, 2006)

faithbooking n. An award-winning journalist and avid scrapbooker based in New Jersey, Sheridan said the writing is just as important as the pictures in “faithbooking,” as spiritual scrapbooking is sometimes called. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Religion] [full cite] (Jun. 4, 2007)

fat quarter n. Fat quarters are fabric remnants cut into 18- by 22-inch rectangles, and are used to make a variety of quilt pieces. [English Pastimes & Hobbies] [full cite] (Oct. 9, 2006)

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