Pool Slang

[jason]

What are all of the slang terms used for pool players?

For example:

a nit
an egg
ballbanger
shortstop

 

[Jude Rosenstock]

If you can't play:

fish
trout
flounder
ATM
rail tester

 

[iba7467]

I've never heard this other than the one time I said it. A guy introduced me to his girlfriend as a#@hole, jokingly. I immediately said, "Seriously, people here call me Robin, because that's what I'm doing when I play your boyfriend."

 

[jason]

although they are not players, I will add...

railbird
backer
stakehorse

 

[219Dave]

Not to nitpick, but I think it's "stakehorse." Unless, of course, you're talking about eating the poor horse.

 

[Bob Jewett]

What are all of the slang terms used for pool players?

For example:

a nit
an egg
ballbanger
shortstop

Here is Paul Moy's pool jargon list, since supplemented, which includes some terms for types of players:
http://www.sfbilliards.com/jargon.html

 

[silvr rcr]

http://www.billiardsdictionary.com/