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road rash

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1962, OED Evaluation: Slang.

Skin abrasions caused by falling from a bicycle, skateboard, etc.

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We had bikes, we would take them, and ended grinding my- getting road rash on my face. I think it's this side of my face that I got road rash on. ... Interviewer: How did that happen? Speaker: Oh um, the cracks are so big in the road, it'
Skin abrasions caused by falling from a bicycle, skateboard, etc.
Speaker: I um- I fell about six times off of them. Interviewer: Six times? Speaker: Yeah, I- I have little dents in the ground to prove it. Um, yeah, within about the space of a week, a week- week and a half ah. Road rash on my face, um, like I gotten shocked by electricity a bunch of times (laughs).
Skin abrasions caused by falling from a bicycle, skateboard, etc.