Anyone else tired of pool players using pool terms in everyday life?

Charlie Hustle

Charlie Hustle

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For instance, "my new plasma tv is the nuts!" or "my wifes meatloaf gives other meatloafs the 7 out!" I think its the stupidest shit Ive ever heard. Im also an active member of a forum that discusses auto racing. Could you imagine how stupid it would sound, "My home theatre walks other theatres" or "My new job gives my old job a length and the move" GTFOH :rolleyes:
 
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People in my neck-of-the-woods wouldn't know what pool jargon was if it hit 'em in the ass. Hell, most of 'em wouldn't know who Shane Van Boening was :embarrassed2:!!!

Maniac (thinks this thread is the stone cold dead nutz ;))
 
I like the fact that pool terms are in the main stream....
...just like poker and baseball jargon.

'Behind the 8-ball' is an expression that is almost universal.....
..hell, people that wouldn't know an LD shaft from a Ford axle say it.

But I got a feeling that you are pleased with this, Chas, and don't expect
many to agree with your OP.

pt..<..thanx for the 'hanger':smile:
 
Charlie Hustle said:
For instance, "my new plasma tv is the nuts!" or "my wifes meatloaf gives other meatloafs the 7 out!" I think its the stupidest shit Ive ever heard. Im also an active member of a forum that discusses auto racing. Could you imagine how stupid it would sound, "My home theatre walks other theatres" or "My new job gives my old job a length and the move" GTFOH :rolleyes:
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I am afraid after 50 years it is just the way I talk. I know what you are saying though, people who want to adopt a style of speaking to sound cool that obviously does not sound real. I see it on here when I see someone use the word "Sick" regarding something they find outstanding. It just sounds contrived and not really part of their vocabulary. I actually never heard the term before watching "American Chopper".

Pool is a subculture and along with it comes a way of speaking. It is not to be cool, but part of our pool room language that has evolved over many years. I just can't help it. I could be looking at two cars and may say, "This one is like the 7 over that one" and my wife would know what I am talking about. It is just the way I talk.
 
Charlie Hustle said:
For instance, "my new plasma tv is the nuts!" or "my wifes meatloaf gives other meatloafs the 7 out!" I think its the stupidest shit Ive ever heard. Im also an active member of a forum that discusses auto racing. Could you imagine how stupid it would sound, "My home theatre walks other theatres" or "My new job gives my old job a length and the move" GTFOH :rolleyes:
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without elaborating, this phenomenon is one of my many pet peeve's too.:smile:
 
It can at times be appropriate. "My 60 Plasma screen has the nuts" can only mean one thing. As far as judgement on when it's appropriate, well, pool players aren't noted for their good judgement
 
i like it for the 2 following reasons.
1. it gets to be an inside joke when i am with a buch of pool players and no one else knows what we are talking about.
2. everytime somone tells me they don't really play or they can't hit a ball. then their ears perk up when they hear some one is getting robbed giving up 9-7 with a dime each over the light. lets me know i should run and hide from anything they offer:D
 
Over use of any phrase gets annoying after awhile.

Back in the 80's I got really tired of hearing, "go for it" , "dead meat" and the worst one ever "Like, Totally" .

Sometimes less is more.
 
Jargon

Yeah, I hated it when Hollywood stole behind the 8 Ball a hundred years ago. Otherwise,I never speak pool lingo in public.
 
pt109 said:
That's it, Cali...I've had it with you demeaning pool jargon.:angry:
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I knew I was going to make some enemies:D But I'm a weird bird, a lot of things bother me. Trust me, you DO NOT want to have my brain. With as many things that bother me, coupled with my everyday stress of life sucking, I"m liable to SNAP at any minute and that's a lock to happen:D

I can handle that stuff when it's used sporadically, but when it's used in every sentence all the time...



now don't get me started on "double dip":D
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=149865&
 
pt109 said:
I like the fact that pool terms are in the main stream....
...just like poker and baseball jargon.
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Um....they are mainstream?

I don't understand some of the jargon around here and I was playing pool when some members were just a twinkle in yer daddy's eye. Made my living at it.

Poker terms? Baseball terms?

I don't think ANY of that jargon is mainstream and I don't get a lot of it.

Actually I wish that people would tone down the jargon around here.
 
UJ Pucket....reading a newspaper in a pool hall....
"Look at this...Richard Nixon, president of the United States.....
...and can't hit the end rail."

pt..<..hates being snookered...at anything
 
Insider jargon...I like it, because it often reaches the mainstream, where people using the phrase haven't a clue of the original meaning.

"The whole nine yards" for example. My departed uncle was a B-17 pilot, so I asked what that meant when I was young. The belts of ammo used in the .50 caliber machine guns of a B-17 were 9 yards long...

"behind the 8 ball" probably the most used pool term by the mainstream, I'd guess.
 
pwd72s said:
Insider jargon...I like it, because it often reaches the mainstream, where people using the phrase haven't a clue of the original meaning.

"The whole nine yards" for example. My departed uncle was a B-17 pilot, so I asked what that meant when I was young. The belts of ammo used in the .50 caliber machine guns of a B-17 were 9 yards long...

"behind the 8 ball" probably the most used pool term by the mainstream, I'd guess.
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The etymology of that phrase that I found was that the train on a formal wedding gown was traditionally 9 yards long. So if one was getting married and it was an elaborate ceremony one would refer to it as a wedding with the whole 9 yards
 
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