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

jrt30004 said:
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
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I agree with your #2. But once again, thats in a pool hall, not out in the public in everyday use.
 
macguy said:
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.
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"Sick" has been around forever. I think it came from skaters. Actually, it's usage has kind of run its course. People don't say it nearly as much as 10+ years ago.

"The nuts" is a poker term turned gambling term.

I use "orange crush" all the time in normal conversation...but all my friends are pool players.
 
I've never been much of a 'jargonmeister' but a few months ago I caught myself saying to someone that "I can't seem to fade" something or another and was met with "that's a weird way of putting it".

Back to The King's English for me. :smile:

best,
brian kc
 
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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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Ah!! Ok!!!!!!!!:smile:
 
I use pool terms all the time and I'm not stopping. I speak only English and often rely on the precise use of language for business. Speaking pool lingo is my way of relaxing away from work, much like I also relax by trying to run a rack or two on my table. All of my friends are pool players and it's often easier to communicate in pool lingo than it is speaking "proper". Like today a group of us bought flowers from the local floral wholesaler for mothers day. 3 bunches of hydrangeas for $5. I was asked by a friend who hadnt seen them if they were a good deal. My reply via text: "Stealing". His reply ? "I'm in"
 
I always liked the term Timber. Probably because its a serious about of money that is being played with :cool:
 
"CaliRed". said:
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&
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Ok, I'm with you on the 'double-dip'....never use that expression.

But ya gotta like some of them.
Had a friend who went to a truck stop after the action one night....
..he and another pool player ordered the apple pie....it was so good
that he ate a second piece before the other guy finished his first.
The guy looked at my friend and said "Look at that..he spotted me a piece and robbed me."
 
pt109 said:
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:
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Recently the term "Run the table" is used on the political channels I guess to mean they need to win everything to win. I.E. "He needs to run the table to win".
 
I prefer just using words that exist and make sense in any context. One or two jargon words thrown in occasionally doesn't kill me, but I really hate when a group of people discover a trendy word and challenge themselves to use it no less than 3 times per minute.
At league once, a team of women of varying ages united by their love of an unconventional but now Presidentially approved lifestyle had apparently stumbled upon a VH1 rerun of an 80's ski, skateboard, or other extreme sport movie. The word they inflicted on our team for the 4-5 hours of league play: hella. I know it's not a GD word because spell check red-lined it. That was possibly the worst night of league play I ever went through.
 
DallasHopps said:
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At league once, a team of women of varying ages united by their love of an unconventional but now Presidentially approved lifestyle had apparently stumbled upon a VH1 rerun of an 80's ski, skateboard, or other extreme sport movie. The word they inflicted on our team for the 4-5 hours of league play: hella. I know it's not a GD word because spell check red-lined it. That was possibly the worst night of league play I ever went through.
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They put you through hella that night, eh???

Maniac
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
As far as I know, Double Dipped is a porn term.
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I don't know about porn, but I have heard the term used in two other instances. One is when you are eating chips (like at a party or with a friend) and you stick your chip into the dip, take a bite, and re-insert the half-eaten chip back into the dip. This is known as "double-dipping".

The other is in the funeral home business. The cemetary plots they sell you where two deceased persons (say a man and his wife) can be buried stacked one upon the other arer known as/referred to a "double-dipped" cemetary plots.

Maniac
 
Pool terms in everyday life is not a problem for me.

I do get tired of griping on AZ and nit picking, do you have a cure for that?
 
I would rather use pool lingo in everyday life, than everyday terms in the pool room.
Especially since pool is officially now my everday life.
What really bothers me is people that use a CTE aiming system in beer pong.
 
I know what you mean about people using pool terminology in everyday life. It didn't bother me years ago but now it drives me crazy. For some reason I can't fade that action anymore.
 
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