gauging

The process of stretching a person's piercings from one gauge to a higher gauge.

Common gauging movements are from 8g to 6g, 2g to 0g and 1/2"g to 5/8"g.

Gauging too fast can cause tearing or a blowout.

I tore my ear the other day while gauging from a 4g to a 0g.

by Denis Baldwin February 03, 2004

raid

Redundant Array of Independant (or Inexpensive) Disks.

There are several configurations of RAID.

Raid 0 = stripping with no redundancy
Raid 1 = mirror
Raid 5 = stripping across many drives with redundancy

There are many other configurations as well

Our new Dell server came with a RAID system.

by Denis Baldwin February 03, 2004

blowout

The expelsion of tissue from the back of a piercing if you are gauging too quickly. The tissue will "blow out" the back of the hole and heal in a lump, causing uneven stretching, tearing or other problems.

While pushing the taper too hard, I managed to blowout my right earlobe.

by Denis Baldwin February 03, 2004

East Coast Lawnmowers

A spoof on the pop culture brand West Coast Choppers, making fun of guys who turn things into cool toys.

I saw a girl at the far with an East Coast Lawnmowers shirt on pushing her biker boyfriend around.

by Denis Baldwin June 03, 2004

cokeheads

A group of cocaine users.

They are usually found huddled around a coffee table with a top made of glass cutting lines or dbsls with razor blades, credits cards or driver's licenses.

I could tell from the sniffling when I walked in the door that this party had already started for the cokeheads.

by Denis Baldwin February 03, 2004

cornrows

A hairstyle, worn prominently by young black males, that braids the hair to the scalp in a series of rows, looking like a farmer's field in symmetry. Made popular by many basketball players and actors.

They wrapped my cornrows so tight I have a headache.

by Denis Baldwin September 24, 2003

big beaver

Big Beaver is the actual name of a road (sometimes called "16 Mile") in Detroit, Michigan. The ironic part is that along I-75, the road is Exit 69.

Dude, you're gonna miss the exit onto Big Beaver! How can you forget it's number 69?

by Denis Baldwin June 30, 2004