spleef
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]spleef (plural spleefs)
- Alternative spelling of spliff
- 1990, Bill Ransom, Jaguar, →ISBN:
- The odor of spleef was much stronger here , and the granite stairway was neither overgrown nor dirty . Someone had recently swept it clean . Rafferty raised his eyebrows and indicated the stairway . Afriqua Lee shrugged , glanced around ...
- 2004, Edward B. Kissam Jr., Rebel Mart: Sugar Beach, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 40:
- They clapped their hands and stroked their imaginary rasta locks while smoking a spleef that was large on any standard. Smoke filled the room and when Stan and Kristin joined the party the haunting sound of the pacific northwest embraced ...
- 2010, Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
- “I want a big fat spleef,” Scooter mutters. “I want garish and sexy,” Didier says. “ Let's usher that combo in, baby.” “I'm fizzy with excitement,” Didier murmurs thoughtfully. “But where are these boys' sideburns? I requested sideburns. Bingo?
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spleef (third-person singular simple present spleefs, present participle spleefing, simple past and past participle spleefed)
- (slang) An accidental raspberry when smoking a joint.
- (slang) Sexual action resulting in a sound resembling a raspberry.
Etymology 3
[edit]From Spleef, the name of a minigame on Minecraft, a blend of splat + grief.[1]
Verb
[edit]spleef (third-person singular simple present spleefs, present participle spleefing, simple past and past participle spleefed)
- (video games) To play the Minecraft game of "Spleef", in which players try to knock blocks out from beneath other players in order to be the last player standing.
- 2015, Mark Cheverton, The Jungle Temple Oracle: The Mystery of Herobrine, page IX:
- These servers host many types of gameplay, from minigames, to spleefing (my favorite), to PvP (I'm terrible at Player-vs-Player battles), to fractions, to Survival, to Creative . . . It's amazing what people have created with Minecraft, and these many, many servers are evidence of the creative potential Minecraft offers those with imaginative minds.
- 2015, Master Builder 50 Awesome Builds:
- It also includes everything you need to Spleef right, like observation posts and an entrance way (most Spleef games are teleported to from servers, so they need somewhere to enter), and it would work great on just about any server.
- 2015 January 15, “The List: A Weekly Guide to Area Events & Attractions”, in The Citizens’ Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., page J12, column 4:
- Minecraft Event, Jan. 24 to April 25, Jan. 24 10 a.m. Kida[sic – meaning Kids] ages 7 to 14 are invited to join in the “grinding, building, spleefing and raising of diamond swords” at this monthly Minecraft Event with instructor Rand Whipple and the Box of Light Studio staff.
- 2017 August, “Reviews”, in Starburst, page 101, column 2:
- As parents are confused at the dinner table when their offspring talk about ‘Endermen’ and ‘spleefing’ […]
References
[edit]- ^ “Words From Minecraft: What Are Your Kids Saying?”, in Dictionary.com[1], 2020