"In the world of skiing, the ladies took to the Slopestyle course with a plethora of tricks up their wizard sleeves, including my new favorite sports trick ever named after my #1 yo-yo dieter and tank-topped love, the K-Fed." -Michelle Collins, " Winter Olympics Day 6 Recap: Welcome to the Winterfell Games," Vanity Fair, February 12, 2014 "As every snowboarder knows, when Morgan said he figured he would 'just huck it,' he meant that he decided to go all out with a big jump, throwing his body wildly down the hill." -Ben Zimmer, " An Olympic Snowboarder said 'Huck It,' and the BBC Freaked out," Slate, February 9, 2014Īccording to Zimmer, the origins of huck or huck it are unclear but huck "has been developing as a verb for at least 25 years in a number of outdoor sports, as a way of talking about hurling an object or one's own body with great force."īBC thought British snowboarder Billy Morgan uttered another four-letter word that ends in u-c-k, cut short his interview, and apologized for Morgan's "offensive" language. The lutz is named for Australian skater Alois Lutz, the inventor of the jump. Hence, the word is a blend of flip and lutz. We call that a 'flutz.'" -Robert Samuels, " Your complete guide to Olympic women's figure skating," The Washington Post, February 19, 2014Ī flutz, says Nancy Friedman, is "an incorrectly executed lutz jump" that has devolved into a flip jump. If she doesn't, the jump is considered easier and gets fewer points. "The skater must take off using the more difficult outside edge. Other grabs include the China or Korean air (depending if you're on the west or east coast, respectively), which are apparently earlier versions of the Japan air, and the Taipan air, which has nothing to do with the James Clavell novel but is a blend of tail and Japan air. "Then, left side double corked 1260 double Japan on the first booter, to switch right side dub 1080 tail grab, and a switch right side triple corked 1260 Japan on the big booter." -Josh Brown, " Junio strong candidate to be Canadian flag-bearer for putting team first," Guelph Mercury, February 13, 2014ĭid you get all that? Let us help: a double Japan, according to NPR, is, in slopestyle, a "a grab with one hand behind your foot, one hand in front on the same ski." A Japan - which also seems to be known as a Japan air - is "a type of grab (when a skier grabs his skis while in the air)." All we know is that the chicken salad is more difficult than the melon (short for melancholy) and may be combined with a roast beef ("Back hand grabs through the legs to the heel edge and put head through legs") to make a beef carpaccio. We have no idea where this phrase comes from (and neither does the internet, at least as far as we can tell). "There's more to the Winter Olympics than wongbangers, tucks and chicken salads." -Lawrence Baretto and Aimee Lewis, " Snowboarder Looking for Love," BBC, February 19, 2014Ĭhicken salad in this context is not a sandwich filler but "when a snowboarder puts their hands between their legs and grabs the heel-side edge of the board," according to The Telegraph.
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