A play in which one player throws the ball into the vicinity of the rim and a jumping team-mate catches it and scores a basket in one motion, usually with a dunk.

The two states of being are as a human being, or a hungry ghost. Semi-regularly you need to ask yourself which you are. Sometimes it is human. Others, alas, it is hungry ghost.

The hungry ghost seeks validity outside of themselves. Someone pining for an indifferent ex is a hungry ghost. Someone who arrives alone at 6:30 on Saturday night to a pub is probably a hungry ghost. Obsessive checking of mobile phones, chat sites or networks are clear signs that one is a hungry ghost.

The best thing to do is just stay home and ride it out. Read a book. Find some good clean fun.

In basketball, the shot where one player throws the ball up toward the rack, usually to one side, and another player grabs it in mid-air and performs a slam dunk.

An attempt at an alley oop in which the supposed dunker does not attempt to complete the play

An American comic strip created by V. T. Hamlin in 1932. It's mostly about the adventures of caveman Alley Oop who lives in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo and rides his pet dinosaur Dinny.

1)in basketball, to pass to a midair teammate who proceeds to slam dunk the ball. 2)to set up someone else with an easy, quick finsh to a joke.

The art of dropping a hot fudge nugget into one's own hand, then walking up to a unsuspecting victim, pulling their underwear back and then slam dunking the before-mentioned hand treasure into their undergarments.