deathbox
This is a small rectangular section of an in-ground pool recessed into the top of the pool wall. This recess forms a small bench or platform. It is refered to a "swimout" in the commercial pool industry.
The "swimout" became the "deathbox" as skaters (i.e. the z-boys) began to ride the vertical walls of pools in much the same way as the face of a wave can be surfed. This recess offered the skater a excellent opportunity to leave the surface of the pool altogether, catch some air, and then drop back into the bowl of the pool. If re-entry was not done correctly, things could go horribly wrong, and thus the name "deathbox".
The "swimout" became the "deathbox" as skaters (i.e. the z-boys) began to ride the vertical walls of pools in much the same way as the face of a wave can be surfed. This recess offered the skater a excellent opportunity to leave the surface of the pool altogether, catch some air, and then drop back into the bowl of the pool. If re-entry was not done correctly, things could go horribly wrong, and thus the name "deathbox".
Brah are you okay, I thought you were a gonner when you bailed on that deathbox.
deathbox
A computer whose user spends far more time on it than is healthy.
Dude, you've been sitting at your deathbox for, like, 17 hours now. Do something with your life, ffs!
deathbox
A computer whose user spends far more time on it than is healthy.
Dude, you've been sitting at your deathbox for, like, 17 hours now. Do something with your life, ffs!
deathbox
to do something crazy or insane
If you were to jump out of a moving shopping cart.
Might also be considered to "deathbox it".
Might also be considered to "deathbox it".