A phrase used by railfans to designate when the headlights of an approaching train are visible glinting off the railroad tracks ahead of the train around a corner, usually before the train itself is visible.
Strictly, it is a “quiet on the set”, as the headlight glint warns of an approaching train and allows a few seconds for background noise to be minimized for when the train actually appears. This provides railroad enthusiasts with pristine sound in their videos of the passing train.
Pragmatically, it is a way for dorky train nerds to dorkily tell other dorky train nerds “ooh, a twain is coming!”
Strictly, it is a “quiet on the set”, as the headlight glint warns of an approaching train and allows a few seconds for background noise to be minimized for when the train actually appears. This provides railroad enthusiasts with pristine sound in their videos of the passing train.
Pragmatically, it is a way for dorky train nerds to dorkily tell other dorky train nerds “ooh, a twain is coming!”
by G_IV June 7, 2023
Get the Hot Railmug. commonly used by by skaters. means the distancce between the tarmac and the ledge or rail there grinding on
by Panda079 June 1, 2009
Get the Trail to the railmug. the wall of pillows put up between between two straight men forced to sleep in the same be so that physical contact is impossible
Harry: crap dude we have to share a bed?!?
John: eh i guess it's cool. We'll just have to put up a nad rail.
John: eh i guess it's cool. We'll just have to put up a nad rail.
by wak94 November 21, 2011
Get the nad railmug. Someone that rolls up to a rail that you spent all day going on crazy missions to scope out and set up and then they come at the last second and shred your rail. Or they sit there and watch you set up clamin they are just gonna film and then they decided once its set up to drop in.
Chad just sat there and watched us do all the work setting up the rail and then once it was set up he tried to do the rail but all he did was a front nose slap.
by T-Fish May 7, 2005
Get the Rail Moochmug. Not to be confused with morbid obesity or the more commonly known love handle, the love-railing is a single, unified, full-on midsection extension of flab that connects existing love handles together around the lower stomach and the back, providing 360 degrees of access to a secure lovemaking grip-hold, regardless of position. (Primarily relevant to the sexually non-selective)
Emory: Wow, judging by your screams it sounded like that fat chick you took home from the bar last night really worked you over good, huh?
Oglethorpe: You have no idea. I spent the entire night clinging for dear life to her love-railing, praying to God for it to be over.
Oglethorpe: You have no idea. I spent the entire night clinging for dear life to her love-railing, praying to God for it to be over.
by Skip Skipstofferson March 2, 2011
Get the love-railingmug. "Rail me" means to throw someone a rail in Minecraft to build a railroad.
"Hey bud. Throw me a rail"
"Hey bud. Throw me a rail"
by Rail me November 3, 2020
Get the Rail memug. a term use to define a snowboard event in which shredders ollie up on to steel rails, long plastic boxes, hand rails going down steps. such terms as 50-50 boardslips, buttering the edges are common
by Katch September 22, 2008
Get the rail jammug.