ponytrekker's definitions

guinea gangplank

Slang for the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge, the bridge joining Bay Ridge, Brooklyn NY to Staten Island, NY.

Term derived from the stereotype that Italians, escaping from Brooklyn, use this bridge to get to the one neighborhood they can escape to.

"Ya cross the guinea gangplank, go to Hyland Boulevard and make a right . . . "

by ponytrekker August 5, 2005

slaughter sides

When the balance is so uneven between two teams such that noncompetitive game and a thorough defeat is virtually guaranteed. Usually used in a choose-up selection process where one captain picks players or selection is done by letter or number but the result is two unevenly matched teams. The term is used to demand a reselection of teams.

You guys can't have Pete and Max and Jake, them's slaughter sides.

by ponytrekker March 25, 2022