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Goin' for the cheese.
Where did this expression come from? Isn't it a term used only in 9-ball when someone is attempting to make the 9 out of rotation? And isn't it a term referring not to money but to the 9-ball itself? I grew up thinking it was an abbreviation of the term " cheeseburger" as the 9 itself looks somewhat like a cheeseburger. Can someone help sort this out?:confused:
 
Im pretty sure it means "cash" i think some rappers refer to it as "chedda" which is slang for "chedder" which is a type of cheese. I have been ask after playing for money and or a tournament, "did you get the cheese"? Which means did i win any money.
 
Technically, its origin is this: The actual fixed idiom here is simply "cheese it' (because that part of the phrase can be used alone and still keep the same meaning), so we'll leave "the cops' out of this explanation. "Cheese it' has been part of English slang since at least the mid-1800s. The word "cheese' has been used with the meaning "to put an end to' or "to stop' since at least 1812, and this is the sense which led to the idiomatic expression. Whoever began using "cheese' in that way apparently decided to "cheese it' when people asked why, though, because no one has ever determined where that sense came from or why putting an end to an action should be related to cheese. The exact origin of the phrase must be labeled unknown.

However, as most know, the cheese always rises to the top, as in an important person, the "Big Cheese."

Taking in all of the above, the cheese rose to the top, and it's the end of the action. Gimme the cheese! :grin:
 
I believe the term, used in pool only in recent years, comes from the fact that cheese is, at least in fable, the favorite food of a mouse/rat, and the pool hustler is often thought of as a mouse/rat. Of course, we need to be mindful that cheese is also the bait often used in conjunction a mouse/rat trap, so sometimes, even when a player gets the cheese, they are in the process of falling into a trap.

In the very popular children's song "The Farmer in the Dell," it is noted that "the rat takes the cheese," and so it is sometimes over the glorious green felt.
 
Or maybe it's nothing more complicated than the color of the 9 ball.

Steve
 
Not to be confused with the self-help books:

"They Keep Moving The Cheese," "Get Ready For The Cheese To Move," "Smell The Cheese Often So You Know When It Is Getting Old," "The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese, The Sooner You Can Enjoy New Cheese," "Move With The Cheese," "Savor The Adventure And Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese," "Be Ready To Change Quickly And Enjoy It Again & Again," and, last but not least, "They Keep Moving The Cheese."

Hmm, this just might be the topic of a great thesis paper: "The Origin of Cheese." :eek::o:wink::cool::grin:
 
you are all wrong!

"going for the cheese" is what the late eddie mouse called to mickey and minnie mouse as he rushed for "the VICTOR cheese". now you know.
 
cheese

But, nobody goes for the cheese in 8-ball, or one- pocket, or straight pool, or even 10-ball. ?????????:smile-square:
 
One of my favorite things to do is "cut the cheese."

If you've never cut the cheese, then you're missing out! I don't care if its a big room or a small one, it's a real joy to cut it up. I've cut the cheese in some small rooms that have been very good. Be sure to never cut the cheese too many ways. It will lose it's impact! :wink:

I hope everyone gets a chance to cut some cheese tonight.

Happy cheese cutting!
 
sjm said:
I believe the term, used in pool only in recent years


I'm not so sure about this, of course the definition of recent can be objective.

I've heard Minn. Fats use the term "cheese" in many of his old videos and tv appearances.

But anyway, in most cases "cheese" is referring to money.
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Derivative

Probably from the British phrase, "Hard cheese," and also, "The cheese is binding." Both phrases assigning a different, important type meaning to the food product.

Beard
 
I can remember when I started playing, and was playing some cheap 9 ball, and when ever someone would combo in the nine, one of the older rail birds would pipe up, 29 cent cheeseburger (if it was a 2 - 9 combo) or 19 cent cheeseburger (for 1 - 9 combo) etc. So I can see how the 'cheeseburger' can be seen as well.
 
Ponytail said:
I can remember when I started playing, and was playing some cheap 9 ball, and when ever someone would combo in the nine, one of the older rail birds would pipe up, 29 cent cheeseburger (if it was a 2 - 9 combo) or 19 cent cheeseburger (for 1 - 9 combo) etc. So I can see how the 'cheeseburger' can be seen as well.
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I always thought it had two "meanings" in the pool world: money won in a gambling match ("they matched up later and Bartram got the cheese"), or the 9-ball itself when playing 9-ball ("he knows he can't run out so he just rides the cheese all day").

The first usage for some reason makes me think of the quip "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." Seems like a concept at the heart of pool gambling; the final reward goes not to the strong or quick, but to the wise. For the second usage, I always just assumed it referred to the color of the 9; white and yellow make a cheese-like appearance.

-Andrew
 
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