brodie

American  

[broh-dee] / ˈbroʊ di /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive.

   to do a brodie from a high ledge.

2. a complete failure; flop.

3. a severe vehicular skid.

4. a sharp reversal in a vehicle's direction by sudden application of the brakes and wrenching of the steering wheel.

---

Etymology

Origin of brodie

After Steve Brodie, who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886