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Definitions by Growlvin

Girlfriend Powder 

Definition: a texture of snow favored by skiers for its quality and consistency.

Function: noun

Etymology: Ski culture - Inland NW, USA; the name of this form of snow originates from an analogous description of a former girlfriend described as “slightly dense, but a lot of fun”.
Grinning, Willy dove into a sweet line of untracked girlfriend powder.
Girlfriend Powder by Growlvin September 29, 2012

pakalolo 

Definition: a form of soft snow texturally similar to Hawaiian shave ice that accumulates on the edge of a tracked up ski run; faux powder

Pronunciation: poc-uh-loh'-loh

Etymology: Ski culture - Inland NW, USA
I left the frozen main part of the run and found some nice turns in the pakalolo.
pakalolo by Growlvin February 14, 2012

Bombay Sunrise 

to separate from your children on the first ski run of the day and leave supervision of them to your ski buddies.

Etymology: Ski culture - Inland NW, USA. A subset of the term "Indian outsourcing".
Willy pulled a Bombay Sunrise and we didn't see him again until lunch.
Bombay Sunrise by Growlvin December 20, 2010

didabolean logic 

Pronunciation: did-ə-ˈbō-lē-ən ˈlä-jik
Function: noun
Etymology: Ski culture - Inland NW USA
Date: 2010

A particular mode of reasoning that results from smoking marijuana.
His decision to put on some music and have a beer, rather than to return to work, was a result of some solid didabolean logic.
didabolean logic by Growlvin January 22, 2010
Definition: an object, like a glove, dropped from a chairlift
Pronunciation: fərˈ-mən
Function: noun
Etymology: Ski culture - Inland NW, USA; derived from Mark Fuhrman the detective on the OJ Simpson case suspected of dropping a bloody glove at the crime scene.
At the end of the ski season after the snow melted, Willy hiked under the chair looking for fuhrmans.
fuhrman by Growlvin December 30, 2009