pope's living room

English

Etymology

From the tube (i.e. tubular wave) being a highly desirable place and imagining the Pope has the privilege of going there or being there all the time.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pope's living room

1. (surfing slang) The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).
   • 2001, Jason Borte, surfline.com [1]

     It was the layback, a casual declaration of civil disobedience in the pope's living room, our own aquatic limbo act.