verb
to
negotiate through a field of
scattered obstacles because there isn’t a direct pathway through
This is derived from the Japanese vertical pinball game called “pachinko”, in which the tiny
steel balls have to randomly bounce and weave their way through a scattered field of little immovable pins.
“Did you ever notice how in a
tourist trap there is no direct pathway to the only bathroom? You have to pachinko through a junk shop
littered with display stands filled with rubber tomahawks, pecan logs and
Mexican jumping beans.”