playa dust
Regional
- Meaning
- The fine alkaline dust of Nevada’s Black Rock playa.
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Black Rock City, NevadaSource: Burning Man Project Glossary
What does “playa dust” mean
Playa dust is the powdery desert grit that gets into shoes, bikes, tents, eyelashes, and every story people bring home from Black Rock City. Around Burning Man it is almost a material culture of its own: annoying, iconic, and impossible to fully escape.
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