pope's living room

noun

The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).

Meanings

noun
  1. slanghobbiesThe inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).

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

    2001, Jason Borte, surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=847

Origin

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.

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