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.”