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An informal, unorganized basketball game formed from whoever is available at the court.

An item the expo is calling for immediate final prep so it can hit the pass. The mise is built, the proteins are par-cooked — pickup means sear it, sauce it, plate it, push it.

'Dem' after a noun marks the plural — 'pickney dem' = the children; 'gyal dem' = the girls.

A child; can refer to one's own children or kids in general. Also spelled pikny.

A highway rest area, especially one known for anonymous hookups and cruising. The name does the heavy lifting. Drivers use it to flag which rest stops are quiet and which are a scene.

A situation where a baserunner is trapped between two bases and the fielders try to tag him out.

An offensive play where a teammate sets a screen for the ball-handler and then rolls toward the basket for a pass.

pick your brain

To informally seek someone's expertise or perspective.

pick things up and put them down

A humorous, deliberately simplistic way of describing resistance training — you literally pick heavy things up and set them back down.

A defensive play in which a player intercepts a pass ('pick') and returns it to the end zone for a touchdown (worth six points).

A "pick me" is someone who craves approval, especially romantic, by distancing themselves from their peers and implying they're better or different — "not like other girls/guys."

pick it up, i'm going alone

A phrase from the card game euchre announcing you'll play the hand without your partner.

To ignore someone or something, brush it off, or forget it. From baseball 'pitch'. Also 'pichea eso' = forget that.

To pay for someone else's food or drinks; 'yo picho' means 'it's on me'.

Crispy Dominican fried chicken, and by extension the cheap eateries that serve it.

Used for 'kid' as a term of pride, as in 'el pibe del barrio' (the local boy made good).

Phubbing is ignoring your date or partner in favor of your phone, prioritizing the screen over the person in front of you.

The state of being ignored in favor of someone's phone while you're together. The receiving end of phubbing.

Short for 'phone phreak': someone who explores or exploits the telephone network, historically using tones to make free calls.

A unit of fandom currency in the buying, selling, and trading economy around K-pop merch.

Small savoury fritters of seasoned split-pea and turmeric batter, fried and dipped in tamarind or mango chutney. Also pholourie.

A streetball dribble move (a hesitation crossover) named for the Philadelphia playground style.

Ironically, to dramatize something mildly inconvenient.

Excellent, attractive, or first-rate. Hip-hop praise meaning something is great.