Although Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon stopped short of taking a network commentator job as abruptly as a hockey forward trying to avoid gliding offside, there are others considering crossing the line into broadcasting. It turns out some snowboarding experts in Pyeongchang are thinking of becoming political pundits, which may seem a mismatch at first, until you listen to snowboarding’s quirky terminology — jammed with phrases like “fakie’’ and “switch stance’’ — that could also easily apply to goings-on at the White House:

Lipslide

On the slopes: A rider’s trailing foot slides over a rail.

In the swamp: A White House official’s foot slides into his mouth.

Usage: White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly committed an embarrassing and possibly career-ending “lipslide’’ when calling Rob Porter “a man of true integrity and honor,’’ in response to allegations that he abused two ex-wives.

HoHo

On the course: A handstand where the snowboarder plants both hands at the top of the half-pipe.

On the Potomac: A Trump associate digs his hands into his pockets to find cash to pay off an adult film star.

Usage: It isn’t Christmas blizzard season anymore, but attorney Michael Cohen may have a “HoHo’’ problem anyway with revelations about his payments to Stormy Daniels.

Miller flip

On the mountain: A 360-degree frontside handplant to fakie. Seriously, none of these seem like real words.

On the Hill: Also known as the “Mueller’’ flip, when a close aide or former staffer tells all to the special counsel or his team in exchange for immunity or leniency.

Usage: POTUS is tweeting at a maniacal pace. Looks like there’s a good chance another one of his staff has been “flipped’’!

J-Tear

Real definition: A maneuver and term invented by a snowboarder, Mike Jacoby, to get around the rules.

Trump definition: A break in the relationship with Ivanka and Jared over a culturally sensitive issue.

Usage: Trump’s support for Charlottesville’s Nazi sympathizers is only making this J-Tear worse. It’s creating a rift in his own family!

Amplitude

On snow: We didn’t even have to look this one up. Height. It’s height, right?

Online: Measure of change over a single period of the intensity of a barrage of presidential tweets, i.e., over a weekend.

Usage: Dude, did you see that gnarly tweetstorm? He’s blaming Obama, recommending books, dissing districting, slamming Democrats on taxes — his amplitude is huge! He’s really throwing it down!

Frontside grab

In sport: A popular maneuver where you grab a toe edge with one of your hands while everyone is watching. Gnarly!

Out of sport: Very unpopular. Never do this, anywhere, ever, at least without affirmative consent as loud as when the flight attendant asks if you’re OK sitting in the exit row.

Debra A. Klein is a writer in San Francisco. Follow her on Twitter Follow her on Twitter @IWishIHadTyped.