Take flat and shove it.

Well I just flat don't get it. My dictionary search gives 4 different ways to use it in speech. 🤷‍♂️
It doesn't list it as an abbreviation for flatulence. Perhaps an oversight.
 
Cornerman said:
I have no problem with “flat” or “pinch” in commentary. These were terms used when I was growing up in pool. I use them today. ..
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And I had never heard them used like that until recently.

It seems from the context of shots I've seen on stream that "pinch" means to use soft draw. Is that how you have seen the word used?
 
Bob Jewett said:
And I had never heard them used like that until recently.

It seems from the context of shots I've seen on stream that "pinch" means to use soft draw. Is that how you have seen the word used?
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Yes, soft, high-spin/speed ratio to ensure the cueball travels a minimum amount sideways (as far as resultant position angle), trying to leave the cueball… flatter than otherwise on the next object ball.
 
Cornerman said:
I have no problem with “flat” or “pinch” in commentary. These were terms used when I was growing up in pool. I use them today.

“Knuckle” on the other hand…
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Soon somebody is gonna pot the yellow ball into the middle bag off the opening shot…then we’ll be officially bilingual.
…..but if I ever catch myself calling the 3-ball red……I’ll bar myself from the pool hall for a month.
 
Frosty said:
It happens a bit, not as much as it used to. I always found it comical when many here laud Bill Incardona as “the greatest commentator ever”, and his predictions were wrong about 90% of the time. Then proceed to say how he didn’t like the shot selection, and how he would have done it differently, even though the player successfully executed the shot.
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The last match I watched where this happened it was wrong just about every time. It was played somewhere in Asia and the commentary was in some other language, so I don't have any idea who to blame.
 
eg9327 said:
Yeah, but isn't "pinching" a ball a common term? I know what it means. Or maybe I do. I've never heard of flat meaning straight.
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Pinching is fairly common, but you're right about flat. Basically the opposite of "steep". Steep meaning a thinner cut than you wanted and flat meaning not as much angle as you wanted.
 
I’m gonna shoot that piano player….
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