waffle-stomp

English

Alternative forms

• waffle stomp

Etymology

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Verb

waffle-stomp (third-person singular simple present waffle-stomps, present participle waffle-stomping, simple past and past participle waffle-stomped)

1. (intransitive) To hike while wearing waffle stompers.
   • 1995 March 6, Don Young (quoted), Angela Bouwsma, “The word according to a weighty Republican”, in High Country News‎^[1]:

     That's what the environmentalists - the self-centered bunch, the waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating intellectual bunch of idiots that don't understand that they're leading this country into environmental disaster.

   • 1996, Chevy Trucks, “Take A Hike! America's Hiking Trails”, in Snow Country, volume 9, number 3, →ISSN, page 90:

     An annual rainfall of 100 inches or more creates a tangle of vegetation in the adjacent King Mountains, but the coast is clear for waffle-stomping.

   • 2020 July 30, Pat Neal, “Wildlife: A Buggy Time of Year”, in Forks Forum‎^[2]:

     As the summer progresses, we are faced with another insect pest worse than all the others combined, the bald-faced hornets and yellow-jackets. Right about now the hornets and yellow jackets are approaching their prime. Their underground nests along hiking trails are getting mighty tired of getting stomped on by waffle-stomping granola crunchers.

   • 2022 September 12, Andy Zahn, “I became a cyborg backpacker, and it completely changed my hiking experience”, in Digital Trends‎^[3]:

     Every year, people disappear into the wilderness and are never seen alive again. Admittedly, these unfortunate folks make up a small percentage of the waffle-stomping multitudes, but the dangers are very real.

2. (transitive, slang) To beat decisively.

   Synonyms: curb stomp, own

   • 1999 August 2, Dana Seero, “Another Ficht bites the dust...”, in rec.boats‎^[4] (Usenet):

     ...which doesn't matter much for automotive profits, since 6 or 7 of the top 10 selling vehicles are classified as trucks, where the US dominates. In fact, American trucks waffle-stomped the Japanese manufacturers in trucks.

   • 2005 March 1, Krusty, “I'm gonna mark for Hillary Clinton in 2008...”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling‎^[5] (Usenet):

     Do I think the Republicans are doing a better job of embracing minnority^[sic] and women voters? God damn right. Do I think Condi would waffle stomp Hillary in ANY contest? Any day of the week. I think she's MUCH better "person" than Hillary, and is *infinitely* more "electable" than the Lightening Rod Formerly Known As Hillary.

   • 2006 August 11, Big Al Tomatoes, “Desecration at the Louve...”, in alt.tv.sopranos‎^[6] (Usenet):

     Fawkin' self-righteous pricks. The only countries that haven't had their turn waffle-stomping France are the ones that couldn't be bothered.

   • 2009 April 21, ®, “Are you a right-wing extremist”, in alt.bible‎^[7] (Usenet):

     Can hardly wait till Christ returns and waffle stomps the satanically energized morons, and flings them, kicking and screaming, off the face of the earth, into the torments of eternal hell fire.

   • 2016 October 14, Mike Bianchi, “Splish Splash, UCF homecoming tradition is at top of Orlando sports bucket list!”, in Orlando Sentinel‎^[8]:

     On the real winners of the contentious negotiations between Florida and LSU: "The cupcakes that got paid without having to get waffle-stomped!"

   • 2017 March 17, Nick Santangelo, “Blizzard Working to Reduce Draws in Overwatch”, in Twinfinite‎^[9]:

     Kaplan’s post came in response to a fan complaining that he’d "rather get waffle stomped" than waste 20 minutes playing the competitive shooter without a winner being declared.

   • 2019 June 13, Mike Redmond, “Justin Bieber Was Just Playing About Fighting Tom Cruise, You Know How He Do (Please Don't Hurt Him)”, in Pajiba‎^[10]:

     In a shocking turn of events that no one could’ve possibly seen coming, Justin Bieber has decided that he no longer wishes to fulfill humanity’s dream of watching him get systematically waffle-stomped to death by Tom Cruise after challenging the actor to a fight on Twitter.

   • 2020 November 25, Nate Asper, “The Buffalo Bills Outsider: A Time for Thanks”, in Buffalo Fanatics Network‎^[11], archived from the original on 9 October 2022:

     Seriously, Matt, you just got waffle stomped by a team starting a former XFL quarterback.

3. Alternative spelling of waffle stomp (“while showering, to step on feces to push it down a drain”)