[Ads-l] skateboard language

[Stanton McCandlish]

This one:

> truck (n; OED has 1976 for skateboard sense)
>_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 back cover
>""Double-action" truck wheel mounts for cushioned ride, smooth cornering."

Comes from previous use (with regard to train cars, etc.) meaning a wheel
assembly on the undercarriage of a conveyance.
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"*History*, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,
which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly
fools."
—Ambrose Bierce, *The Devil's Dictionary* (1911)
"When you're born in this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show.
And when you're born in America, you're given a front row seat.
And some of us get to sit there with notebooks."
—George Carlin, *Archive of American Television* interview (2008)
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